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Volume 23, Issue 4
1 April 2002
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Review Article| April 01 2002

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHTSIZING AND WRONGSIZING

Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2052-1197
Print ISSN: 0275-6668
© MCB UP Limited
2002
Journal of Business Strategy (2002) 23 (4): 31–35.
https://doi.org/10.1108/eb040260

Cutting staff is a common response during economic downturns, but if staffing plans aren't linked to business strategy, rightsizing can go badly wrong.

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