Resizing the Organization : Managing Layoffs, Divestitures, and Closings (J-B SIOP Professional Practice Series)

Presented by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, this much-needed resource offers a wealth of theoretical information, best business practices, and winning techniques for executives who must guide their companies through the often difficult processes of mergers, acquisitions, downsizings, and other transitions. Written by top experts in the field, Resizing the Organization is a field guide for applying industrial and organizational psychology theories and practices to the management of change strategies. In One Volume, Resizing The Organization Brings Together The Most Renowned Experts In The Field To Offer The Latest Theories, Best Business Practices, And Proven Techniques For Effectively Meeting The Challenge Of Resizing Today's (and Tomorrow's) Organizations. This Resource Offers Executives, Managers, And Human Resource Professionals A Guide To Addressing The Human And Cultural Aspects Of Mergers, Acquisitions, Downsizings, And Other Transitions While Managing Effective Change Strategies With Insight And Innovation. Throughout Resizing The Organization The Contributors Show How To Apply Industrial And Organizational Psychology Theories And Concepts That Will Best Guide An Effective Course Of Action. Resizing The Organization Gives Executives The Information They Need To Master The Rightsizing Process And Respond To Change In A Way That Will Engage Their Employees And Keep Their Businesses Competitive.--jacket. The Realities Of Resizing / Mitchell Lee Marks, Kenneth P. De Meuse -- Who Moved My Drink? : The Preparation For The Closure Of Seagram's Spirits And Wine Business : A Personal Experience / Ronny Vansteenkiste -- Another Layoff? : A Dot-com Reality!, My Story / Jeffrey Crandell -- Contribution-based Process For Continually Right-sizing An Organization : Experiences From W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. / Raymond G. Lorenz -- The Effects Of Organizational Resizing On The Nature Of The Psychological Contract And Employee Perceptions Of Contract Fulfillment / Scott W. Lester ... [et Al.] -- The Impact Of Corporate Downsizing On Employee Fulfillment And Organizational Capacity / Jack W. Wiley, Scott M. Brooks, Emily L. Hause -- Financial Consequences Of Employment Change Decisions In Major U.s. Corporations, 1982-2000 / Wayne F. Cascio, Clifford E. Young -- Resizing And The Marketplace : The Response Of Customers And Competitors To Reorganization / David T. Bastien, Todd J. Hostager -- The Impact Of Layoffs On Family, Friendship, And Community Networks / Daniel C. Feldman -- Moving As The Markets Move : Planning For Resizing / Kathryn D. Mckee, Nina E. Woodard -- How To Implement Organizational Resizing / Roger D. Sommer -- Revitalization After Resizing / Mitchell Lee Marks -- The Hidden Costs And Benefits Of Organizational Resizing Activities / Anthony F. Buono -- Organizational Adaptability : Rethinking The Resizing Process / Jessica L. Saltz, Philip H. Mirvis -- Quicker, Faster, Cheaper, Smarter : Resizing Organizations, Resizing Employees / Kenneth P. De Meuse, Mitchell Lee Marks. Kenneth P. De Meuse, Mitchell Lee Marks, Editors ; Foreword By Eduardo Salas. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. If organizations are to survive in today's turbulent business environment they must be able to adapt to ongoing external pressures and market shifts. Organizations must be able to restructure, downsize, reengineer, merge, seek financial protection, and form alliances. The question is not whether executives should "resize" their organizations, but how to resize them in order to more effectively deal with the dramatic shifts that occur when businesses reorganize. In one comprehensive volume, Resizing the Organization brings together the most renowned experts in the field to offer the latest theories, best business practices, and proven techniques for effectively meeting the challenge of resizing today's (and tomorrow's) organizations. This important resource offers executives, managers, and human resource professionals a guide to addressing the human and cultural aspects of mergers, acquisitions, downsizings, and other transitions while managing effective change strategies with insight and innovation. Throughout Resizing the Organization the contributors show how to apply industrial and organizational psychology theories and concepts that will best guide an effective course of action. Resizing the Organization gives executives the information they need to master the rightsizing process and respond to change in a way that will engage their employees and keep their businesses competitive. Contents......Page 12 Foreword......Page 14 Preface......Page 16 The Authors......Page 20 Name Index......Page 407 Layoffs, divestitures, and closings have become deeply woven into the fabric of contemporary organizational life.