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Retaining critical skills and talented employees during and after organisational downsizing
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/23346 Retaining critical skills and talented employees during and after organisational downsizing Hofmeyr, Karl upetd@up.ac.za Bomela, Mary UCTD Downsizing Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. Downsizing has become a common business practice as organisations attempt to maintain competitiveness and productivity especially with globalisation. Downsizing has negative effects on both affected employees and survivors and if not well managed could lead to survivor syndrome. Survivor syndrome creates negativity among survivors which results in low morale, motivation and lack of trust. These feelings increase the likelihood of survivors seeking alternative employment and subsequently leaving the organisation. The loss of staff especially critical skills and talented employees has direct impact on the organisation’s bottom line given the knowledge that is lost with the employee’s departure. Downsizing results in leaner structures which makes the organisation vulnerable when it losses critical skills and talented employees. This research report investigates how an organisation can retain their critical skills and talented employees during and after organisational downsizing. The research is a case study based on the downsizing process implemented in De Beers Consolidated Mines in 2005. The findings of the research indicate evidence of survivor syndrome in the organisation after the downsizing which led to the high employee turnover in 2006/7 years. The report makes recommendations based on a model which the organisation could implement to retain their critical skills and talented employees during and after downsizing. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-06T15:08:11Z 2010-06-16 2013-09-06T15:08:11Z 2008-04-01 2010-06-16 2010-03-20 Dissertation Bomela, M 2007, Retaining critical skills and talented employees during and after organizational downsizing, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23346 > G10/121/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23346 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03202010-174558/ © 2007 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Downsizing Retaining critical skills and talented employees during and after organisational downsizing |
| title | Retaining critical skills and talented employees during and after organisational downsizing |
| title_full | Retaining critical skills and talented employees during and after organisational downsizing |
| title_fullStr | Retaining critical skills and talented employees during and after organisational downsizing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Retaining critical skills and talented employees during and after organisational downsizing |
| title_short | Retaining critical skills and talented employees during and after organisational downsizing |
| title_sort | retaining critical skills and talented employees during and after organisational downsizing |
| topic | UCTD Downsizing |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23346 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03202010-174558/ |