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The Pros And Cons Of Inplacement

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Ranganathan also talks about how firms can use inplacement as a means to deal with potential redundancies, which is when organisations retain the existing employees and reassigns them to other roles within the firm. Inplacement redeploys critical human assets to other roles within the organisation, rather than losing them completely (Papalexandris, 1996). As pharmacists are highly skilled workers, they can take up a number of jobs within the organisation. Boots can redeploy pharmacist to areas such as clinical research, pharmacologists, research scientist and use them as medical sales representatives (2015). With the introduction of these robots, somebody will have to be responsible for their smooth running and supervision. As such, pharmacists can be trained into knowing how to deal with potential breakdowns and make minor repairs if necessary, thus avoiding the need to dispense with the worker entirely. Similarly, given the various other divisions within Boots outside of its retail stores, management could relocate the already highly-skilled pharmacists from the shops to other areas, e.g. R&D department, new product development division, analytical scientist or retrain them to become a Boots’ Optician (Boots, 2015). Also, another option Boots could consider is linking up with hospitals by helping to reduce readmission rates by …show more content…

From a HR perspective, downsizing often results in discrimination litigation and negative outcomes for survivors, such as lower job satisfaction and higher levels of stress (Campion, 2011). It is the HR manager’s responsibility to ensure that the HR goals are aligned with the business goals, all the while minimising the negative effects on both terminated and surviving employees, while avoiding legal problems that could result from downsizing. As such, according to Campion, there are 8 reasonable HR practices when downsizing a company’s

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