Rebalancing the Workforce at Ibm
Greenhalgh, Leonard Excerpt from Rebalancing the Workforce at Ibm: A Case Study of Redeployment and RevitalizationWhen faced with the severe reduction in demand for its products, management at the Burlington plant recognized that a major strategic challenge existed. The underlying problem that engendered the symptom of reduced demand was slippage in adapting to a changing environment. In such cases, the obvious-and often erroneous response to reduced demand is to...