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Free Download of HBR Layoff Case For First 23 People

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I blogged earlier about a case called The Layoff on the current Harvard Business Review, where I was one of the invited commentators.  HBR has a weird system now where authors get to "give away" 25 PDF's of their articles. I downloaded two, although I did have some  weird problems where it appeared on Notepad rather PDF.  I thought the best thing to do was to simply offer the remaining 23 copies to readers of Work Matters. Here is the URL they sent:

http://custom.hbsp.com/b01/en/implicit/p.jhtml?login=SUTT022609S&pid=R0903A

Thanks!

Bob

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18 responses to “Free Download of HBR Layoff Case For First 23 People”

  1. Jeff Roberts Avatar
    Jeff Roberts

    Thanks!

    Reply
  2. Jeff Roberts Avatar
    Jeff Roberts

    Thanks!

    Reply
  3. PG Avatar
    PG

    Bob,
    Thanks a lot for the free download. I’m one of those who will have to take layoff decisions soon and all the help to make them in a fair, appropriate and nondiscriminatory manner is unvaluable right now.

    Reply
  4. PG Avatar
    PG

    Bob,
    Thanks a lot for the free download. I’m one of those who will have to take layoff decisions soon and all the help to make them in a fair, appropriate and nondiscriminatory manner is unvaluable right now.

    Reply
  5. Kelley Eskridge Avatar
    Kelley Eskridge

    Bob, thanks for your generosity.

    Reply
  6. Kelley Eskridge Avatar
    Kelley Eskridge

    Bob, thanks for your generosity.

    Reply
  7. Karen Avatar
    Karen

    I enjoyed reading your thoughtful response, Bob. I found it interesting to see Jurgen Dormann’s as well, since I was at ABB during his tenure and witnessed the change initiative he describes. Thanks for the free download!

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  8. Karen Avatar
    Karen

    I enjoyed reading your thoughtful response, Bob. I found it interesting to see Jurgen Dormann’s as well, since I was at ABB during his tenure and witnessed the change initiative he describes. Thanks for the free download!

    Reply
  9. Krishna Kumar Avatar
    Krishna Kumar

    Thanks for the free download, Bob.

    Reply
  10. Krishna Kumar Avatar
    Krishna Kumar

    Thanks for the free download, Bob.

    Reply
  11. Sophie Lagacé Avatar
    Sophie Lagacé

    Thank you very much, Mr. Sutton!

    Reply
  12. Sophie Lagacé Avatar
    Sophie Lagacé

    Thank you very much, Mr. Sutton!

    Reply
  13. Matthieu Avatar
    Matthieu

    it’s double-time weird, because I was able to save it as a pdf using the previous link you gave, not needing this one.

    Reply
  14. Matthieu Avatar
    Matthieu

    it’s double-time weird, because I was able to save it as a pdf using the previous link you gave, not needing this one.

    Reply
  15. Margaret Avatar
    Margaret

    Interesting and timely case, thank you! I think that often layoffs are used in place of performance management. In other words, we as managers need to be coaching and giving feedback to people on a regular basis and if there are people who do not perform as expected over time we must tell them and ask them to leave.
    Many companies recently have instituted plant shutdown days, and pay cuts and other cost cutting measures. It also makes sense to cut whole teams if a project over all is canceled. I have seen this done recently as well when work was outsourced transition team employees were given extra time to find another position within the company. I think that this approach also can benefit the company strategically, as these folks are already known good performers and morale wise this is also more encouraging than layoffs.
    thank you again for the chance to play!

    Reply
  16. Margaret Avatar
    Margaret

    Interesting and timely case, thank you! I think that often layoffs are used in place of performance management. In other words, we as managers need to be coaching and giving feedback to people on a regular basis and if there are people who do not perform as expected over time we must tell them and ask them to leave.
    Many companies recently have instituted plant shutdown days, and pay cuts and other cost cutting measures. It also makes sense to cut whole teams if a project over all is canceled. I have seen this done recently as well when work was outsourced transition team employees were given extra time to find another position within the company. I think that this approach also can benefit the company strategically, as these folks are already known good performers and morale wise this is also more encouraging than layoffs.
    thank you again for the chance to play!

    Reply
  17. Goutham Avatar
    Goutham

    tHANKS FOR THE FREE DOWNLOAD BOB

    Reply
  18. Goutham Avatar
    Goutham

    tHANKS FOR THE FREE DOWNLOAD BOB

    Reply

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