Workforce Reduction & HR Competencies: An Exploratory Study
Published: 2010
Author(s) Name: Sushmita Biswal Waraich & Gopa Bhardwaj
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Abstract
This study explores the competencies
expected of HR professionals while
handling the survivors in a downsizing
scenario and also describes how
managerial competencies could
change in importance during periods
of significant organizational transition.
For the purpose of the study a
competency enquiry list was generated
through interaction with senior industry
professionals, both HR and non-
HR. The list comprising 10 competencies
was administered to 34 top level
managers belonging to 4 organizations
(where workforce reduction had
happened in the recent past) in the
manufacturing sector in Delhi and
NCR. The results of the study suggest
that in a downsizing scenario the five
most important competencies expected
to be possessed by HR professionals
are business acumen, interpersonal
understanding, credibility, communication
and ability to realign HR policies
and practices.
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