Downsizing In America
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The Downsizing Of America
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Author : Ronald Ayling
language : en
Publisher: Nova Publishers
Release Date : 1997
The Downsizing Of America written by Ronald Ayling and has been published by Nova Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Business & Economics categories.
Downsizing of America
The Downsizing Of America
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Author : New York Times
language : en
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Release Date : 1996
The Downsizing Of America written by New York Times and has been published by Three Rivers Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Business & Economics categories.
The Downsizing of America is a fact filled investigative report telling the story of why millions of Americans are losing good jobs and why they are right to worry about the future
Downsizing In America
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Author : William J. Baumol
language : en
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Release Date : 2003-06-26
Downsizing In America written by William J. Baumol and has been published by Russell Sage Foundation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-06-26 with Business & Economics categories.
In the 1980s and early 1990s, a substantial number of U.S. companies announced major restructuring and downsizing. But we don't know exactly what changes in the U.S. and global economy triggered this phenomenon. Little research has been done on the underlying causes of downsizing. Did companies actually reduce the size of their workforces, or did they simply change the composition of their workforces by firing some kinds of workers and hiring others? Downsizing in America, one of the most comprehensive analyses of the subject to date, confronts all these questions, exploring three main issues: the extent to which firms actually downsized, the factors that triggered changes in firm size, and the consequences of downsizing. The authors show that much of the conventional wisdom regarding the spate of downsizing in the 1980s and 1990s is inaccurate. Nearly half of the large firms that announced major layoffs subsequently increased their workforce by more than 10 percent within two or three years. The only arena in which downsizing predominated appears to be the manufacturing sector-less than 20 percent of the U.S. workforce. Downsizing in America offers a range of compelling hypotheses to account for adoption of downsizing as an accepted business practice. In the short run, many companies experiencing difficulties due to decreased sales, cash flow problems, or declining securities prices reduced their workforces temporarily, expanding them again when business conditions improved. The most significant trigger leading to long-term downsizing was the rapid change in technology. Companies rid themselves of their least skilled workers and subsequently hired employees who were better prepared to work with new technology, which in some sectors reduced the size of firm at which production is most efficient. Baumol, Blinder, and Wolff also reveal what they call the dirty little secret of downsizing: it is profitable in part because it holds down wages. Downsizing in America shows that reducing employee rolls increased profits, since downsizing firms spent less money on wages relative to output, but it did not increase productivity. Nor did unions impede downsizing. The authors show that unionized industries were actually more likely to downsize in order to eliminate expensive union labor. In sum, downsizing transferred income from labor to capital-from workers to owners
The Downsizing Of America
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Author : Louis Uchitelle
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
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The Downsizing Of America
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Author : Carlos Ramírez Faría
language : en
Publisher: Manas Publications
Release Date : 2006
The Downsizing Of America written by Carlos Ramírez Faría and has been published by Manas Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
The Idea For The Downsizing Of America Originated The Day That American President George W. Bush Declared The Second Iraqi War Over. By Then The World Was In Turmoil Mainly Because Bush Had Made War On Terror Official American Foreign Policy. The Original Plan Of The Work Was A Straightforward Narrative Analysis Of How, From The Sunny Prospects Of 1989, When The Soviet Empire Collapsed And Communism In The Ussr Started Crumbling, The World Had Evolved To The Straits It Was In, With The Usa Opposed By Its Traditional Allies, The Un In Crisis, And Terrorism Rampant The World Over. America Had Become Overtly Imperialistic But, As Events Soon Showed, It Wasn'T Hacking It. So What Had Fundamentally Gone Wrong? The Second Iraqi War Was Of Course A Reckless Adventure. If In Decades Of Repressive Military Occupation, Israel Had Only Managed To Make Palestinian And Arab Resistance And Hostility More Intense And Deadly, What Could 140,000 American Soldiers Do In A Violent And Divided Country Of 25 Million Inhabitants? But There Was Something Else Amiss. America Was Not Supposed To Be Invading Other States On Its Own Without International Sanction. It Didn'T Take A Profound Analysis To Realize That The Exceptionalism Of America Was A Concoction Of Americans Themselves. Even So, Was It Valid? Was Bush Merely An Aberration? Were Vice-President Cheney And Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Figures In A Nightmare Landscape? In Sum, A Book That Began As A Brief History Of The Topsy-Turvy Contemporary World, Turned Into An Exploration Of The Thesis Of American Exceptionalism. It Retained Its Narrative Structure And The Basic 1989-To-Now Time Frame, But It Expanded Considerably On Significant Features Of American History: Its Foreign Policy, Its Politics, And Its Intelligence Services, Among Others. In Doing So, The Downsizing Of America Presents A Picture Of A Multipolar World Where Cultural Relativism (And No Longer Purely Western Values) Are The Norm And, In Particular, It Proposes The Self-Evident Yet Controversial Contention That America Is One Among Other Powers, Bigger And Stronger, But In Realistic Historical Terms Not Better In Any Sense Of The Word.
Great Depression Ii And The 15 Year Downsizing Of America
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Author : Jim O'Neal
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Great Depression Ii And The 15 Year Downsizing Of America written by Jim O'Neal and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Downsizing of organizations categories.
Outsourcing The American Dream
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Author : Christopher M. England
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2001
Outsourcing The American Dream written by Christopher M. England and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Business & Economics categories.
Outsourcing the American Dream addresses an interesting paradox: in a time of unprecedented prosperity, why have millions of Americans lost faith in their ability to prosper? Why do millions of Americans fail to achieve financial abundance in a nation where unlimited economic opportunity abounds? Today’s business environment is chaotic, to say the least – continually shifting political and social conditions, market dislocations, rapid technological obsolescence, and turbulent international competition. The most common response to such fragmentary business patterns has been corporate downsizing. Numerous corporations have indiscriminately cut layers of management and technical expertise to reduce corporate costs, strengthen share price, or take advantage of technological advances. In Outsourcing the American Dream, the author argues the number one reason for all business failures in America is the lack of bold, decisive, and visionary leadership in business and government. Based on his first-hand experience and research, Outsourcing the American Dream explores the often devastating consequences of corporate mismanagement and downsizing; offers innovative solutions for leaders in business and government; and candidly discusses the individual’s own responsibility for job security and career satisfaction. Outsourcing the American Dream offers something for anyone seeking to take control of his or her own life and destiny.
Fat And Mean
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Author : David M. Gordon
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 1996-05-15
Fat And Mean written by David M. Gordon and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-05-15 with Business & Economics categories.
Since the early 1980s, economic experts have recommended "downsizing" as the best way for U.S. corporations to remain competitive. Reducing unnecessary staff would lower costs, increase profits, and transform these companies into lean, mean production machines. As many American businesses pursued this strategy—often in the wake of mergers and acquisitions that left them with an unwieldy layer of middle management—and raised their bottom line, it seemed the experts were right. Yet as David M. Gordon shows in this iconoclastic book, most of them have really only gone halfway. They are "mean," but far from lean. Tracing the overall employment patterns of the past decade, Gordon shows that most American companies actually employ more managers and supervisors than ever before. These ever-increasing functionaries control company payrolls and pay themselves generous salaries—at the expense of average workers. For despite a steadily growing economy the real wages of the American worker have been falling for the past 20 years. To explain this decline and the much-debated "wage gap" that resulted, pundits and professors invoke various causes ranging from the flow of production jobs overseas to the average worker's lack of the technological skills needed in today's "knowledge economy." But Gordon exposes the single greatest factor in this decline, a corporate strategy that penalizes line workers and hinders businesses from competing effectively in world markets: the simultaneous overstaffing of management hierarchies and the inadequate compensation of workers. Instead of sharing profits with their employees, thus encouraging them to work harder, management has more often opted to prod workers by instilling fear of layoffs. Gordon unerringly plots the shortsighted and disastrous course of U.S. corporations, and documents the tremendous social and personal costs to their employees. Yet in addition to telling the harsh truth about downsizing, he suggests policies to ensure fairer business practices. Wages can increase— indeed, they must—as the economy begins to perform more efficiency. U.S. corporations have become fat and mean. They need to become lean and decent—not just for the sake of their workers, but for the sake of their competitive advantage. This provocative and original book shows how they can.
Downsizing The American Dream
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
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The Disposable American
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Author : Louis Uchitelle
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2007-04-10
The Disposable American written by Louis Uchitelle and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-10 with Business & Economics categories.
Layoffs have become a fact of life in today’s economy; initiated in the mid 1970s, they are now widely expected, and even accepted. It doesn’t have to be that way.In The Disposable American, award-winning reporter Louis Uchitelle offers an eye-opening account of layoffs in America–how they started, their questionable necessity, and their devastating psychological impact on individuals at all income levels. Through portraits of both executives and workers at companies such as Stanley Works, United Airlines, and Citigroup, Uchitelle shows how layoffs are in fact counterproductive, rarely promoting efficiency or profitability in the long term. Recognizing that a global competitive economy makes tightening necessary, Uchitelle offers specific recommendations for government policies that would encourage companies to avoid layoffs and help create jobs, benefiting workers, corporations, and the nation as a whole.