James Holincheck-
Four Case Studies in Layoffs: What to Watch Out For
These are some good examples of layoffs gone wrong. Layoffs happen for two main reasons: revenues are lower than expected (now or in the future) and costs need to be realigned or there is a shift in strategy. The latter is something foreseen and resource reduction and redeployment usually has time to be thought through. The former is usually unanticipated (or not well anticipated) and requires a hurried response and most organizations choose the expedient (for example, eliminate a division or 20% of the workforce) over the optimal. Unfortunately, most HR organizations have not built up a core competency in workforce planning (much less continuous, rolling workforce plans).
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Goals Gone Wild – Human Resource Executive Online – Story
Thought provoking research about the dangers of goal setting. It reinforces the point that a company can have the best process and technology for performance management and get terrible (even dangerous) results if they do not set the right kinds of goals.
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