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2005 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

What to do when the axeman cometh

Author : Adrian Furnham

Published in: The People Business

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK

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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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Metadata
Title
What to do when the axeman cometh
Author
Adrian Furnham
Copyright Year
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Book
The People Business

Print ISBN: 978-1-4039-9222-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-0-230-51009-8

Copyright Year: 2005

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230510098_63