...James Chowhan; Sara Mann; Marie-Hélène Budworth Purpose As competitive pressures persist and global economic influences continue to present new challenges, businesses need to be able to respond to emerging circumstances. Goal-setting and planning are key mechanisms contributing to organizational...

.... It suggests that where the company had a clear strategy to implement the downsizing, which included scheduling and a well‐specified operational plan, the impact on those dismissed as well as the survivors was buffered. The use of a downsizing plan also mitigated the negative responses on behalf...

...Leah Kaye Strategic human resource management (HRM) is increasingly being used to indicate a system‐wide intervention that links HRM to strategic planning and cultural change. However, what may be inadvertently occurring is a reinforcing of the use of the “hard” model of HRM, one that prioritises...

...R.J. Castley Discusses the limitations of labour market analysis (LMA), which is widely advocated as a successor to conventional manpower planning. Argues the need for a more systematic approach within the framework of policy formulation and implementation. The proposed “policy‐focused” approach...