The giant Dow Chemical Company recently went through a successful exercise in succession planning. Here, Frank Popoff, chairman of the board, shares some thoughts on the…
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The giant Dow Chemical Company recently went through a successful exercise in succession planning. Here, Frank Popoff, chairman of the board, shares some thoughts on the appointment of a chief executive, and the development of candidates for management jobs throughout the company.
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Although the bright lights of the big city have not entirely lost their glitter, many companies are finding that rural living can be good for business.
Through the use of total quality management programmes, the industrialised western economies have made great strides in improving quality, reducing waste and increasing…
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Through the use of total quality management programmes, the industrialised western economies have made great strides in improving quality, reducing waste and increasing productivity. It was our hope that these improvements would recapture our market share, recreating the jobs we lost in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Unfortunately, in many companies, growth in market share has not kept pace with improved productivity. As a result their surplus employee problem continues to grow. This paper discusses how to deal with this situation without massive layoffs.
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The word “downsizing” is most often used as a euphemism for cutting the workforce, here, however, makes the distinction between downsizing and “laying people off”. Suggests that…
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The word “downsizing” is most often used as a euphemism for cutting the workforce, here, however, makes the distinction between downsizing and “laying people off”. Suggests that, while both bring about a reduction in the number of employees, downsizing offers strategic opportunities whereas layoffs often have negative long‐term effects.
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In the “Decade of the Environment,” companies must excel in environmental performance. How well that performance is received by the public, by regulators, and by environmentalists…
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In the “Decade of the Environment,” companies must excel in environmental performance. How well that performance is received by the public, by regulators, and by environmentalists could have enormous consequences for Dow Chemical and other companies.
David C. Band and Charles M. Tustin
Corporate strategies directed at gaining competitive advantage andsatisfying customers′ needs always have human resource implications, andtactics such as job redesign…
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Corporate strategies directed at gaining competitive advantage and satisfying customers′ needs always have human resource implications, and tactics such as job redesign, multi‐skilling, redeployment, training, paying for performance, layoffs and downsizing should be specifically directed at implementing the human resource strategies of organizations. Unfortunately, however, the strategic considerations which should accompany the use of these tactics are often absent. Highlights one of the particularly popular methods, namely downsizing. Addresses its strategic facets. Argues that the objective of downsizing should be to raise productivity per head and that this can be achieved only by proper strategic decision making, planning and implementation, and the subsequent evaluation of the downsizing effort.
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Frank van der Zwan and Tracy Bhamra
There is a window of opportunity within the area of design for sustainability for services marketing academics and practitioners to offer their knowledge and experience to…
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There is a window of opportunity within the area of design for sustainability for services marketing academics and practitioners to offer their knowledge and experience to manufacturing companies and academics. Over the last decade there has been a growing interest in services within the field of sustainable development. Services are viewed as a dematerialized alternative to existing products, with reduced environmental impact (i.e. less material and less energy use to fulfil a certain need). The services considered by academics in the field of sustainable development are those related to products or those substituting products. These services are often called “eco‐efficient services”. Academics focusing on the development of eco‐efficient services can use elements of theory and experience available within the services marketing discipline. Services marketing academics and practitioners can help in developing blueprints and processes to facilitate manufacturing companies to shift towards a more service‐intensive way of doing business. This paper calls for cross‐disciplinary collaboration.