Today, human resource managers do not have the luxury of operating and performing in a stable, predictable environment as political, social and economic changes are affecting all organizations and their human resource management activities. In particular, the dominant environmental uncertainties...

Argues that, before rightsizing is considered, human resource management must establish the appropriate human resource plan to give the organization the edge it needs to minimize the upheaval caused by rightsizing and to remain competitive. Rightsizing is inevitably accompanied by changes in the...

Reviews and discusses some major issues and controversies of the early 1990s. Focuses on issues pertaining to organizational restructuring and design in the face of emerging contemporary forces and examines corporate responses to those forces. Examines, in particular, the problem of choice of...