A strategic evaluation of re-engineering, restructuring, delayering and downsizing policies as flawed paradigm

Management Decision

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 240-249

  Morden, Tony ^a  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Downsizing; Evaluation; Paradigms; Re engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986043539     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251749710169459     Document Type: Review

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