{"product_id":"sizing-down-9780801484346","title":"Sizing Down","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn January 1992, human resources manager Louise Moser Illes was notified, along with nine hundred co-workers, that the semiconductor plant where she worked would be closed by the end of the year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a slice of history, docudrama and how-to manual, \u003ci\u003eSizing Down \u003c\/i\u003eis top-notch. Illes was human resources manager at the Signetics semiconductor plant in Orem, Utah, when, in January 1992, she was notified that the plant would close at the end of the year. It became her task to assist with orchestrating the phase-out of 900 jobs, including her own.... Throughout the inevitable juggling of interests, judgments had to be made, some good, some bad, says the author. This relentlessly objective history records them all, along with afterthoughts on how the situation might have been handled better.\u003c\/p\u003e * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe strength of Illes's book is the... summary at the end of each chapter. She gives suggestions on how managers involved in future plant closings can learn from the Signetics experience.\u003c\/p\u003e * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn instructive look at what problems to anticipate and how to minimize the traumatic effects of job loss.\u003c\/p\u003e * Booklist *","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405166780759,"sku":"9780801484346","price":27.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801484346.jpg?v=1730488957","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sizing-down-9780801484346","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}