Which of the Following Was Not Suggested in Your Text

question 117

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was not suggested in your text as an effective strategy for downsizing and a suggestion for implementation?

• A)When employers make efforts to discuss downsizing with employees early,employees are less worried about the outcomes and feel that the company is taking their perspective into account.
• B)Employees worry less if they can participate in the process in some way.
• C)Providing severance,extended healthcare benefits and job search assistance demonstrates that a company does care about its employees.
• D)Companies that downsize to focus on core competencies are more effective when they invest in low-involvement work practices afterwards.

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Definitions:

Variable Cost

Expenses that change in proportion to the amount of production or output levels.

Sensitivity Analysis

A technique used to determine how different values of an independent variable affect a particular dependent variable under a given set of assumptions.

Fixed Costs

Expenses that do not change with the amount of goods or services produced, such as rent, salaries, or insurance.

Variable Cost

Costs that change in proportion to the goods or services that a business produces.