6 A review of redundancy-incorporating strategies

DOI: 10.4324/9781003030416-8

This chapter provides a review of existing strategies that incorporate redundancies including:

  • asset reduction strategy
  • convergence strategy
  • reorientation strategy
  • workforce reduction strategy
  • work redesign strategy
  • downscaling
  • systematic strategy
  • reallocation strategy.

Despite the various pitfalls identified in Part I of this book, the implementation of redundancy programmes is still a popular strategy to help organisations through recessions and to boost economic survival. Continuous recessions, such as the most recent global recession caused by COVID-19 restrictions, negatively impact business activities that necessitate the need for strategic intervention. ...

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