Rightsizing the Organization

 “I have a hard time looking my self in the mirror if  I keep some one around who cant do the job. It is not fair to the other employees, and it certainly is not fair to my customers” says Goltz.

As it term rightsizing implies the goal which to makes the company Stronger by aligning the work force with the company’s current need. However in some instants, organization have more work force than their actual requirement and have let some employees to go. Rightsizing refers to intentionally reduction of company’s work force to the point where the no of employees is deemed to be right for the it’s current situation. This is also called as downsizing, well planned reductions in the size of workers are a reality for many today’s companies. Although many companies tend to begun hiring workers again after major lay off in 2009 and 2010, the rate of unemployment rate in the United States was hovering at around 7.9 percent in October 2020.

Even though most of researchers  have found that massive cut of employees often fail to achieve desired benefits of the firm and in some cases significantly harm to the organization. Unless Human resources department effectively and humanly manage the rightsizing process, layoff can cause to decreased moral and the performance. Managers also can smooth the process with  frequently commutation , providing much information as possible, providing assistance to workers who loose their jobs and finally using training and development to help address to emotional need of remaining employees and enable them to cope with new or additional responsibilities.

Not many companies got positive press for how they managed downsizing during the 2008 financial crisis. But Zappos.com did it. CEO Tony Hsieh used all technical aspects to gather information and detail the generous benefits Zappos offered. Ample employees pay based on length of service , six month of paid heath insurance and 40 percent employees discount continued through the holyday season. “  Let take care of employees who got us this far” said Hsieh.

 

          


 

REFERANCES

James R. Morris, Wayne F.Cascio and Clifford Young “Downsizing after all these years: Question and answers about who did it, How many did it and who benefitted from it,” Organizational Dynamics (Winter 1999):78-86;

Effective downsizing techniques are discussed in details in Bob Nelson, “The care of Un Downsized,”Training and Development (April 1997):40-43;

Richard L.Daft  “New era of Management.” Human Resource Management : 401-402;

 

Comments

  1. Razi Jalaldeen2 November 2020 at 22:02

    Whatever you cited should appear in the reference list and whatever appear in the reference list should be cited in the main body of the text.

    Please follow the Harvard reference and citation style.

    Please consider following points.
    The blog article should importantly have three parts.
    i) Introduction to the topic
    ii) Global context of the topic. (How it has been practiced globally, why they practice it and the benefits of practicing the selected HR concept.)
    iii) Application of the selected topic to the selected company. (Why they have to apply, how they would apply, expected benefits etc.
    And finally, a brief conclusion.


    If you can include a kind of conclusion part where you can express your own view on the subject matter would be much appropriate. Then your colleagues can come up with their own view as well and comment on your blog.

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  2. Pasan Wijesekara3 November 2020 at 09:19

    Concerning on rightsizing in deep and strong manner can become emotional and humanity effects which will caused to drop the brand level of the organization.

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  3. Dhanushka Dharmasooriya4 November 2020 at 12:43

    With the current economic downturn, many institutions are downsizing. However, while it does facilitate the employer, it does not positively affect for the employees.

    Excellent analysis Nadun.

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  4. Hemanthi Maheshika Abeysekara15 November 2020 at 08:00

    We can see the rightsizing of organizations is not done by government sector. Some sectors have large number of additional employees and some doesn't have atleast the minimum number of employees. For an example, when we talk about government teaching appointments, there is a huge excess of teachers in urburn areas but, when we talk about rural areas, we can see that there are no teachers for compulsory subjects such as English, maths, and it.

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  5. Indika Mediwaka Blogs19 November 2020 at 09:02

    Rightsizing (downsizing) is indeed an essential part for an organization where it will reduce the staff cost and enhances the utility of the employers. We can see most of the tourism sector busiess are trying to downsize their workforce in line with the prevailing country situation.

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  6. Chanakaja11 December 2020 at 11:45

    The main purpose of rightsizing is to minimize the company's cost to optimize its profits. Downsizing gives a chance to the company for scaling its operations down to a more realistic and manageable size. With regard to deep and powerful rightsizing, emotional and human impacts may become consequences that will cause the organization's brand level to fall.

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  7. Lakshan Ganegoda13 December 2020 at 09:19

    Rightsizing is a good tactic in a difficult situation for the company to perform. Its not the rightsizing employers should focus more on but, how they plan the future of the employees whom they are going to lay off or relocate.

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