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There is no good way to reduce staffing in an organization, with all the trauma which accompanies such a process, but there is a right way. A new strategic approach to this growing problem is not easy but is absolutely required if management hopes to maintain integrity and consistent productivity during and after the process. What one company has learned is that these ends can only be achieved through a new management mindset and considerable human resource strategic planning.
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Stonaker, R.B. (1991). Voluntarily Excessing Employees: The Right Way to Downsize an Organization. In: Niehaus, R.J., Price, K.F. (eds) Bottom Line Results from Strategic Human Resource Planning. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9539-4_10
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