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Downsizing, right sizing, capsizing are, alas, all the rage. Consultants advise it; shareholders welcome it; managers do it. They lay off staff. With all the heroic talk of being lean and mean, the occasional headcount cull is thought of as a highly desirable survival strategy.
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Furnham, A. (2005). What to do when the axeman cometh. In: The People Business. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230510098_63
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