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Book SynopsisThis is a new age for both workers and companies. Organizations have attempted to downsize, reengineer, or restructure their way to greatness only to find that such dramatic change efforts fail to produce real long-term economic growth. In the process, these changes have wreaked havoc on the jobs, careers, and lives of employees everywhere. Yet, there are some workers and companies breaking new ground in finding successful alternatives to employee displacement and downsizing--in organizations that have discovered new and creative ways to link employee development and job creation with organizational economic growth.
In this new volume of the Professional Practice Series--the first to be published by Jossey-Bass--Manuel London brings together a group of research and practice experts to show how such leading companies as AT&T have responded to demands for change with programs that enhance career opportunities for individuals and stimulate organizational growth. In thirteen orig
Table of Contents
1. Employee Development and Job Creation: Trends, Problems, Opportunities
Jennifer Jarrett, Joseph F. Coates
Part One: Career Development Programs in Changing Organizations
2. Organizational Growth and Employee Advancement: Tracking the Opportunities
Amy Hurley, Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld
3. Career Development in Downsizing Organizations: A Self-Affirmation Analysis
Joel Brockner, Robert J. Lee
4. Integrated Human Resource Development: Building Professional Competences and Communities
Edward M. Mone, Melissa A. Bilger
Part Two: New Patterns of Employment
5. Salvaging Displaced Employees: Job Obsolescence, Retraining, and Redeployment
H. G. Kaufman
6. Managing Part-Time and Temporary Employment Relationships: Individual Needs and Organizational Demands
Daniel C. Feldman
7. Creating and Managing a Resource Link: The Internal Contingent Work Force
James W. Smither
8. Developing Entrepreneurs: Skills for the "Wanna Be," "Gonna Be," and "Gotta Be Better" Employees
John Eggers
Part Three: Economic Development and Revitalized Careers
9. Supporting Career Transitions in a Time of Organizational Downsizing: The Michigan JOBS Program
Richard H. Price, Amiram D. Vinokur
10. Creating Opportunities for Displaced Workers: Center for Commercial Competitiveness
Larry Last, Robert W. E. Peterson, Jack Rappaport, Carin Webb
11. Engaging Displaced Employees in Job Creation: Experiences in High-Tech Firms
Gerrit Wolf, Joseph Pufahl, Jeff Casey, Manny London
12. Developing Computerized Outplacement Counseling Programs: The Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and Base
Robert J. Vance, David V. Day
13. Coping with Job Loss: The Collective Activism of Community-Based Job Creation and Retention Strategies
Carrie R. Leana, Daniel C. Feldman
