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Webster Industries (A)

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Reference no. 9-476-110

Subject category: Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour

Authors: Roosevelt R Jr Thomas (Harvard Business School)

Published by: Harvard Business Publishing

Originally published in: 1976

Version: 21 December 1988

Length: 18 pages

Data source: Field research

Topics: Downsizing; Organizational problems; Performance appraisals; Succession planning; Work force management

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Abstract

The manufacturing manager of Webster's largest division is told to cut his managerial payroll by 15%. Provides company background data and a description of the manufacturing manager's reactions to the proposed reduction. Provides the students with an opportunity to design a strategy for making the reduction decisions and also to discuss some of the difficulties inherent in a large reduction of force. Also contains a detailed description of Webster's performance appraisal system and may be used to stimulate discussion of measurement systems.

Location:

Georgia

Industry:

Textiles

Size:

USD1.7 billion sales

Other setting(s):

1975