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Book Synopsis Industrial Inefficiency and Downsizing by : Matthew B. Krepps
Download or read book Industrial Inefficiency and Downsizing written by Matthew B. Krepps and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1997 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Book Synopsis Downsizing in America by : William J. Baumol
Download or read book Downsizing in America written by William J. Baumol and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 2003-06-26 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1980s and early 1990s, a substantial number of U.S. companies announced major restructuring and downsizing. But we don't know exactly what changes in the U.S. and global economy triggered this phenomenon. Little research has been done on the underlying causes of downsizing. Did companies actually reduce the size of their workforces, or did they simply change the composition of their workforces by firing some kinds of workers and hiring others? Downsizing in America, one of the most comprehensive analyses of the subject to date, confronts all these questions, exploring three main issues: the extent to which firms actually downsized, the factors that triggered changes in firm size, and the consequences of downsizing. The authors show that much of the conventional wisdom regarding the spate of downsizing in the 1980s and 1990s is inaccurate. Nearly half of the large firms that announced major layoffs subsequently increased their workforce by more than 10 percent within two or three years. The only arena in which downsizing predominated appears to be the manufacturing sector-less than 20 percent of the U.S. workforce. Downsizing in America offers a range of compelling hypotheses to account for adoption of downsizing as an accepted business practice. In the short run, many companies experiencing difficulties due to decreased sales, cash flow problems, or declining securities prices reduced their workforces temporarily, expanding them again when business conditions improved. The most significant trigger leading to long-term downsizing was the rapid change in technology. Companies rid themselves of their least skilled workers and subsequently hired employees who were better prepared to work with new technology, which in some sectors reduced the size of firm at which production is most efficient. Baumol, Blinder, and Wolff also reveal what they call the dirty little secret of downsizing: it is profitable in part because it holds down wages. Downsizing in America shows that reducing employee rolls increased profits, since downsizing firms spent less money on wages relative to output, but it did not increase productivity. Nor did unions impede downsizing. The authors show that unionized industries were actually more likely to downsize in order to eliminate expensive union labor. In sum, downsizing transferred income from labor to capital-from workers to owners Downsizing in America combines an investigation of the underlying realities and causes of workforce reduction with an insightful analysis of the consequent shift in the balance of power between management and labor, to provide us with a deeper understanding of one of the major economic shifts of recent times—one with far-reaching implications for all American workers.
Book Synopsis Workforce Reductions by : Thomas Hickok
Download or read book Workforce Reductions written by Thomas Hickok and published by Center for Creative Leadership. This book was released on 1999 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation Brings together the prevailing thinking surrounding the issue of workforce reduction to help managers and executives ensure a successful transition to a more robust and effective organization. Articles and books reviewed were found in both practitioner-oriented sources such as magazines and popular books, as well as scholarly journals. Sources were selected for annotation based on their perceived relevance to the body of literature, their unique perspective, and their general interest. Entries are in-depth, with many a page or more in length. Annotations are organized in three sections on the organizational, the organization-individual relationship, and the individual perspectives. Section introductions summarize key themes. Hickok holds a Doctor of Public Administration degree from the University of Southern California, and is a consultant to the US Defense Intelligence Agency. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Book Synopsis Downsizing the Federal Government by : Chris R. Edwards
Download or read book Downsizing the Federal Government written by Chris R. Edwards and published by Cato Institute. This book was released on 2005 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most federal programs are unnecessary, actively damaging, or properly the responsibility of the states or the private sector. This book examines a huge range of programs that should be cut to balance the budget and reduce taxes.
Book Synopsis Inefficiency in Industry by : David G. Mayes
Download or read book Inefficiency in Industry written by David G. Mayes and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors of this book examine the nature and causes of inefficiency in manufacturing industry. They provide a detailed examination of the nature of inefficiency and the issues involved in its measurement. A detailed examination of inefficiency in Australian and British industry is made with an identification of the sources of inefficiency and a comparison of the two countries. The implications for government policy and industrial strategy are analyzed.
Book Synopsis The Malaysian Banking Industry by : Rozaimah Zainudin
Download or read book The Malaysian Banking Industry written by Rozaimah Zainudin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-06-27 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book provides students and academics in finance and banking with the most recent updates and changes in the Malaysian banking sector post-AFC period. The book explores the evolution of banking policies and practices after the "Tomyam Goong Crisis" and investigates the health of Malaysian banks via efficiency measurement. In addition, it also presents the evolution of bank risk management regulations and practices in Malaysia. The book also discusses the effectiveness of the Malaysian bank bailout strategy with comparison to the banks’ bailout in developed countries such as the US. This book is important and timely since there are very limited books in the market that cover the recent developments on Malaysian banking sectors post-AFC period. Hence, this book serves as the valuable resource for all finance and banking students, academic researchers, and practitioners not limited to the Asian region that require in-depth insights on the latest policies and practices in the Malaysian banking sector.
Book Synopsis Downsizing Defense by : Ethan B. Kapstein
Download or read book Downsizing Defense written by Ethan B. Kapstein and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributors from government, industry, and academia document the extent and impact of reducing the military in the US, Europe, and Russia, and suggest a variety of approaches by which governments might be able soften the economic blow. Among the topics are planning the defense industrial base, relations between Congress and the Defense Department after the Cold War, political struggles over defense policy, conversion to peacetime production, and acquisition policy. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Synopsis The Economics of Industrial Organization by : William G. Shepherd
Download or read book The Economics of Industrial Organization written by William G. Shepherd and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 2003-09-19 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of industrial organization extends to the core of some of the most important questions of economics: Who controls markets and profits from them? Does competition or monopoly result in a more beneficial economy? How can the economic playing field become fairer or more biased in either direction? Throughout the fields history, various clashing schools of thought have attempted to sort through these complex issues, examining both abstract theory and real-life cases. The Fifth Edition of this widely used, highly regarded text includes coverage of dramatic changes in the field. Shepherd and Shepherd provide broad, balanced coverage of topics without showing preference to any single point of view, encouraging readers to think independently. This emphasis on independent judgment is evident throughout the book, with discussion of structure placed before performance to assist the reader in thinking about causation. Topics are organized for maximum flexibility, with distinct chapters covering case studies, antitrust and regulation policy, and capital markets.
Book Synopsis Organizational Downsizing, Discrimination, and Corporate Social Responsibility by : Zeinab Karake-Shalhoub
Download or read book Organizational Downsizing, Discrimination, and Corporate Social Responsibility written by Zeinab Karake-Shalhoub and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1999-09-30 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organizational restructuring and corporate downsizing can have a significant impact on the perceived social responsibility and responsiveness of any firm. This book analyzes the phenomenon by identifying the nature and types of structural or functional relationships that exist between downsizing and organizational performance variables, on the one hand, and organizational social responsiveness on the other. It looks at changes in the use of various restructuring techniques to improve efficiency and effectiveness and the effects of these changes on the organizational citizenship standing in the community. It goes on to add to the understanding of the general phenomenon of downsizing by examining its relationship to the level and pervasiveness of corporate social responsibility. Karake-Shalhoub addresses three questions. First, is corporate downsizing related to improvement in organizational financial performance? Second, is there any relationship between downsizing and corporate social responsibility? Third, what is the nature of this relationship? The book will be attractive to management theory scholars, social responsibility and ethics researchers and practitioners, organizational development researchers and practitioners, and human resource scholars.
Download or read book Downsizing written by Sill and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Things don't look so good for the average worker today. Lots of things make us happy, but having a job is right up there near the top. There are many reasons the average person is having trouble finding work but downsizing is clearly one big factor. A factor as yet not even proven to succeed. That success appears to depend on who you ask. In a country where the financial bottom line is the Holy Grail, corporate leaders are treated like either royalty or superstars. All they have to do is lay off 30,000 people and they become folk heroes. You may get a different opinion if you ask those overworked employees left behind and those who lost their jobs. That doesn't even begin to address the effect on the community and the nation's economic well-being itself.Is Survival of the fittest an untouchable given?" Is it just Nature's way? Global success is a hard attitude to fight and advocates of downsizing point to the third world improvement as proof that it works. Not so much for a worker in the advanced economic world. But Protectionism has become a dirty word associated with the Great Depression, so we are frowned upon if we seek to protect ourselves.
Book Synopsis Corporate Downsizing Demystified by : Franco Gandolfi
Download or read book Corporate Downsizing Demystified written by Franco Gandolfi and published by ICFAI Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Due to the increased levels of organizational efficiency, profitability, and competitiveness have produced major layoffs and redundancies, corporate downsizing has now become a strategy of choice for many corporations and governmental agencies. It is now
Book Synopsis Library Acquisitions List by : Martin P. Catherwood Library
Download or read book Library Acquisitions List written by Martin P. Catherwood Library and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Changing Structure of the Global Large Civil Aircraft Industry and Market by :
Download or read book The Changing Structure of the Global Large Civil Aircraft Industry and Market written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Employee Relations International by :
Download or read book Employee Relations International written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Economics of the Global Defence Industry by : Keith Hartley
Download or read book The Economics of the Global Defence Industry written by Keith Hartley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-08 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book makes an original contribution to our knowledge of the world’s major defence industries. Experts from a wide range of different countries – from the major economies of North America and Western Europe to developing economies and some unique cases such as China, India, Singapore, South Africa and North Korea – describe and analyse the structure, conduct and performance of the defence industry in that country. Each chapter opens with statistics on a key nation’s defence spending, its spending on defence R&D and on procurement over the period 1980 to 2017, allowing for an analysis of industry changes following the end of the Cold War. After the facts of each industry, the authors describe and analyse the structure, conduct and performance of the industry. The analysis of ‘structure’ includes discussions of entry conditions, domestic monopoly/oligopoly structures and opportunities for competition. The section on ‘conduct’ analyses price/non-price competition, including private and state funded R&D, and ‘performance’ incorporates profitability, imports and exports together with spin-offs and technical progress. The conclusion explores the future prospects for each nation’s defence industry. Do defence industries have a future? What might the future defence firm and industry look like in 50 years’ time? This volume is a vital resource and reference for anyone interested in defence economics, industrial economics, international relations, strategic studies and public procurement.
Book Synopsis Basic Economic Principles by : David E. O'Connor
Download or read book Basic Economic Principles written by David E. O'Connor and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2000-09-30 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This user-friendly guide explains economic concepts and principles in a lively, informative way. Clear and easy-to-understand definitions and explanations, with examples that relate to issues and problems relevant to teenagers, will help students gain a better understanding of economics. In 15 chapters, the guide covers all the basic information students need to understand the basic concepts and principles of economics, including: definition of economics in historical context; how various economics systems work; how prices are set in the U.S. economy; consumer behavior; factors of production; types of businesses; competition in the marketplace; the functions of money; banking and credit; types of investments; the federal budget and taxation; federal monetary and fiscal policies; income distribution in the United States; labor and management issues; international trade. Each chapter explores a key question in economics, is illustrated with graphs and tables, and features the latest economic data. Profiles of the major economic thinkers who influenced thinking on concepts and principles provide historical context. In addition to improving students' conceptual understanding, the guide also encourages critical thinking by investigating controversial issues related to topics as varied as the minimum wage, the decay of our natural environment, poverty, and business ethics of multinational corporations. An extensive glossary of key economic concepts, terms, and institutions is a handy tool. Unlike cut-and-dried, difficult to follow reference works on economics, this guide, designed and written especially for students, will help readers better understand economic information and issues.
Book Synopsis Employment and Health by : Jennie Grimshaw
Download or read book Employment and Health written by Jennie Grimshaw and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The changing nature of work (contract working, job insecurity, downsizing, privatization and deregulation) has had a profound effect on employment and health. The book covers government policy, EU directives, health and safety, industrial/employment policies and general welfare.
