Employee Morale during Downsizing
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Reasonable human resource practices for making employee downsizing decisions
Downsizing became a common business practice in the 1980s and continues to be a common practice today. For 2008, the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 1,517,857 workers were laid off. Given the current economic climate, this is not entirely surprising. However, downsizing seems to be a common practice regardless of the economic situation. In fact, since 2000, the lowest number of l...
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