Ronald McNair Program

Torrance Randle
   SCHOOL: Alcorn State University
   MAJOR: Economics
   MENTOR: Dr. Gay Hatfield
   GRADUATION DATE: May 1999
   ORGANIZATIONS & ACHIEVEMENTS
  • Dean's List Scholar
  • Who's Who Among Amer. Coll. & Univ. 
  • National Dean's List Scholar
  • Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society
  • Two-time National Collegiate Awards Winner 
  • Social Science Society
  • Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE)
  • Baptist Student Union (BSU)
  • Interfaith Gospel Choir
       email:  trandle99@hotmail.com

 

Downsizing: Does It Work?

Abstract

 America has been experiencing unprecedented job loss due to reengineering.  Reengineering is a general term used to describe a change in the structure of a company.  The type of reengineering activities that this study will address is downsizing.  Downsizing is a set of activities, on the part of management of an organization, designed to improve organizational efficiency, productivity, and/or competitiveness.  This paper will examine whether or not downsizing produces the intended results. The results indicate that downsizing is more destructive than constructive.