Downsizing

2) Advantages of Corporate Downsizing Corporate downsizing is a strategy that is used to reduce the size and scope of a business in order to improve its financial performance, usually by laying off employees or closing less profitable divisions. (Investinganswers.com, n.d.) Through corporate downsizing, organisation are able to take advantage of the financial savings. This is often due to the elimination of less

nicely looked after, use of safety nets , adherance to privacy regulations. Hence the ethical department provides . As employer the organisation needs to use good criteria for determining wages and salaries, to know how to make fair decisions about downsizing and to respond most appropriately to union organizing efforts and employee strikes . As a community service organisation it has particular responsibilties to the communities in the way it advertises , how it disposes of medical waste and the types

1. The limitations on immigration of professionals that Buhler described have been largely dealt with by congressional action. That said; describe the ethical issues at stake regarding the hiring of resident alien professionals versus “native-born” Americans. Using the Buhler article as a springboard, do you believe that Buhler would consider colleges outside of the USA as a legitimate “pipeline”? Buhler refers to the shortage of talent as a result of the perfect storm in the workforce. This consists

Hitek 1 Title: JOB DESCRIPTIONS AT HITEK & DOWNSIZING: ANATHEMA TO CORPORATE LOYALTY Institution: Grantham University Instructor: Barbara Davis Student: Franessa Wilson Date: March 26, 2013 Hitek 2 Case Study: Job Descriptions at Hitek Based on what you know about high-tech companies, what are some likely strategic objectives for HITEK? Given these what should be the

understand that they can not specifically target employees based on age during layoffs (Layoffs, Downsizing, Reductions in Force (RIF), 2017).  Another federal and sometimes state guideline is the Worker Adjustment and Training Notification Act or WARN Act.  The federal law states that employers with more than 100 employees must give written layoff notice before a closing or mass layoff (Layoffs, Downsizing, Reductions in Force (RIF), 2017).  While this is federal law, some states also have laws that

HP Case Study In order to further progress and increase profitability in his company Hewlett Packard, CEO Lew Platt realized in 1996 that they needed to look into new market and organizational opportunities while reducing sales and support costs. In order to accomplish these goals Platt realized that HP would need to alter their current selling approach, shifting from being industry focused to being focused on larger “enterprise” customers. Platt realized that their important customers were becoming

1. export capital (factories, jobs, resources) for production abroad (remember, you will want to concentrate on the ethics of this proposed action, rather than the political or legal implications) on Globalization is effectively removing the national boundaries for economic purposes. National boundaries are becoming penetrable for goods and capital because of cheap labor. (Shaw, 2016, p.186). Globalization has both advantages and disadvantages. By transferring the domestic manufacturing jobs to foreign

the employee’s pregnancy discrimination claims. Sony was looking to replace Trop before they were informed about her pregnancy. Similar to Trop v. Sony, Greene’s had no prior knowledge of the pregnancy of Ms. Lawson, and her termination was due to downsizing in the company. Trop failed to raise issue of fact that her employer knew she was pregnant before her termination. The employee cannot make out case of discrimination based on pregnancy if there wasn’t any evidence that the employer knew the employee

Organizations are beginning to take advantage of more flexible and decentralized structures as their employees become increasingly educated and job satisfaction and employee turnover become larger concerns. This new structure, which is drastically different from the rigidity of organization from 50 years ago, has unsurprisingly affected the relationship between employees and managers. With decentralization on the rise, the gap between employee and manager continues to shrink as they continue to share

employees, as well as managers, find themselves in working environments that have redefined their work as well as the corporate culture. It has been argued that the primary objective of flattening organizational hierarchies which also includes the downsizing of the organization’s workforce is to encourage workers in the lower positions to participate in the decision-makingprocess of the organization. However, research has shown that in some cases, the