... that organizational experience both financial growth and decline engage in downsizing, but rationalize the downsizing differently (according to social accounts). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Uncertainty management Downsizing Organizational restructuring Human resource accounting Layoffs...

... for individuals and diminished organisational effectiveness. Helen Sitlington can be contacted at: h.sitlington@ecu.edu.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Decision making Downsizing Organizational restructuring Strategic change Learning organizations Organisational downsizing...

... is not only contingent on strategies, but also influenced by the means through which these strategies are implemented. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Financial performance Downsizing Spain Organizational performance Organizational restructuring Contrary to the assumption...

... by an enterprise; or the manner in which the business is conducted (SFAS 146 1). Beixin Lin can be contacted at: linb@mail.montclair.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Recession Earnings Organizational restructuring Business failures A departmental Chairperson...

... and not dealt with in an abstract manner. If anything, this special issue is intended to open up space for new debates rather than close existing ones. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Organizational change Corporate strategy Organizational restructuring Change alone...

... and time and either maintains or erodes variability”. But first, we must consider the nature of absorptive capacity as a construct. Organizational restructuring Organizational change Corporate strategy Focusing upon the organizational change literature dealing with adaptation and selection...

... a preliminary map of the main theoretical relationships, highlights relationships between five sets of factors: © MCB UP Limited 2003 Management Learning Knowledge Transnationals Organizational restructuring Understanding the consequences of the cross‐border business activities...

... is often viewed as the method of last resort to be undertaken in situations of financial desperation. However, Greenburg (1991) and Pullinger (1992) contend that firms downsize in good economic times as well. Downsizing Corporate strategy Organizational restructuring It also should...

... competing blocks of operators. There is both co‐operation and competition in the industry. Where alliances exist, cognisance has to be taken of all the factors mentioned above relating to maturing and fragmented industries. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Corporate strategy Organizational...

... us several lessons and offer useful guidelines for other firms to follow: © MCB UP Limited 1999 BPR Organizational restructuring Information technology Strategic planning Total quality management As US companies entered the 1980s, global competition forced them...

... changes create designs which increase interaction and flexibility, while functional changes focus on greater utilization of individual skills and ability. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Redesign Organizational restructuring Organizational design Job satisfaction Motivation In the face...

... as the final objective – the opportunities are much greater. Examples of successful Australian organisational recreation are given. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Organizational restructuring Recreation Downsizing According to a recent article on the World Economic Forum in Davos, Australia now...

...‐outs, recapitalizations, share repurchases, equity carve‐outs and employee stock option plans. Organizational restructuring, the most common form of change, refers to the dramatic internal changes and re‐organizations of a firm’s structure. Freeman and Cameron (1993) defined organizational...

... teams are also made. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Australia Autonomy Implementation Organizational restructuring Teamwork Work teams In an attempt to understand the nature of work teams in Australian organisations, 30 companies that were known to have adopted work teams were sent...

... to capitalize on its market‐leading position in the lodge sector (Travelodge), “thus allowing Whitbread with their Travel Inn brand to catch up”[ 11 ]. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Hotels Mergers and acquisitions Organizational restructuring The UK hotel sector has undergone a sustained period...

..., Johnsonville Foods), high‐tech products (Xerox, IBM, HP), health care (Baxter), government, military and not‐for‐profit institutions. Networks Organizational change Organizational restructuring Teamwork Tasks may also be categorized according to complexity and level in the organization...

... development Free market Learning organizations Organizational change Organizational restructuring The rapid rise in the level of competition has culminated in a corresponding increase in the level of knowledge together with its wide‐spread dissemination and application[ 1 ]. This has eroded...

... Organizational restructuring Service industries 34 MANAGEMENT DECISION 31,8 A case study illustrating the use of employee communications in implementing corporate culture change. Corporate Value Statements and Employee Communications David C.Nicoll Management Decision, Vol 31 No 8,1993, pp 34-40 © MCB...

... and effort put into adoption can pay off in terms of a less‐problematic, and, hence time‐consuming and costly, introduction. © MCB UP Limited 1991 Corporate strategy Job design Organizational restructuring Technological change THE WHYS AND WHEREFORES OF NEW TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION 53 A dopting...