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• Business: Human Resources: Outplacement  (50)
• Society: Work: Labor-Management Relations: Management Consultants  (26)

AskMen.com : Ups &Downs of Downsizing - - Advice from Armando Gome.

Bearing the Brunt of the Asian Economic Crisis - - The collapse has of the Asian economic market and its effects on labor and labor standards and laws.

Dot-Com Layoffs and Shutdowns - - From the Wall Street Journal, a list of job cuts and closures among web-related companies, with links to relevant articles.

Downsizing And Organizational Culture - - Thomas A. Hickok argues that the most prominent effects of downsizing will be in relation to culture change, not in elation to saved costs or short-term productivity gains.

Downsizing the American Dream: The Income Gap Widens - - by Steve Galpern.

Essential Connections - Corporate Refugees - - Community for corporate refugees who want to connect with others. Share the experience of your journey, as well as resources, ideas and discoveries.

Killing the Myth of Japanese Lifetime Employment - - How times and attitudes are changing towards lifetime employment in the Japanese workplace.

National Organization of Downsized Employees (NODE) - - Topics about people who have either volunteered for their former employer's work-force reduction programs, or who have been forced out in some manner.

Employment Outlook: Downsizing - - It has disrupted the lives of chemists and changed the face of employment, but it often can lead to new opportunities. By Elisabeth Kirschner, Chemical & Engineering News. (October 28, 1996)

Downsizing Dilemma - - When faced with eliminating jobs, how can managers find a balance between helping displaced workers with outplacement services and getting the agency's work done? (August 1, 1996)