Abstract
The main objectives of this chapter are:
- to examine the concept of redundancy as a feature of human resource management;
- to identify the principal causes of redundancies;
- to consider how managers in organizations handle redundancies;
- to distinguish the main alternatives to making people compulsorily redundant;
- to assess the impact of redundancy exercises on the workers affected, including remaining employees, and the implications for managing human resources
- to examine the concept of redundancy as a feature of human resource management;
- to identify the principal causes of redundancies;
- to consider how managers in organizations handle redundancies;
- to distinguish the main alternatives to making people compulsorily redundant;
- to assess the impact of redundancy exercises on the workers affected, including remaining employees, and the implications for managing human resources
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Human resource management |
| Editors | Sarah Gilmore, Steve Williams |
| Place of Publication | Oxford |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 178-199 |
| Edition | 2nd |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780199605484 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |