In this paper we investigate potential influence of organizational downsizing on organizational knowledge and learning. We discuss organizational downsizing in order to show that in large it is an issue of organizational design, and as such, managerial activity that must be coordinated with...

The turbulent business environments, coupled with the unstable world economy following the global financial crises, have certainly put pressures on firm's survivability. The financial conditions of firms may have been the closest approximation to learn the influential effect of the economy. The...

Nowadays, there is no need to say that organizational effectiveness is important. In today's competitive world, consultants and academics propose new bases to enhance the effectiveness and performance of organizations. In this paper, we have used two new approaches which have found significant...

‘Business as usual’ has come under heavy scrutiny. Public outrage over crooked corporate officers, the looting of pension funds, the defrauding of stockholders, and the wholesale firing of hardworking employees has reached a new high (see e.g. Jackson and Nelson 2004; Pirson 2007). Not only the...