On 7 Dec 1995, Rol Fessenden wrote:
> > Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 16:46:03 -0600 (CST)
> > From: lifvendahl thomas <p60tal1@corn.cso.niu.edu>
>
> > I will tend to contemporary problems in organizational learning thru a
> > lense of "trust". Downsizing and re-structuring have worked to either
> > weaken or destroy this sense of self worth and trust of many employees to
> > a point that they lose much of the commitment, "glue" might be a useful
> > word here, that binds them together.
> >
> > Thomas A. Lifvendahl, Ed. D.
>
> Actually, there is some very interesting literature that indicates a)
> traditional down-sizing does exactly what you describe, but b) true
> re-engineering under specific circumstances gets employee buy-in and
> commitment. The circumstances are that employees understand and accept the
> corporate goals, participate in planning and implementing, and leaders are
> open, honest, and caring in their communications.
>
> Rol Fessenden
> LL Bean, Inc
> 76234.3636@compuserve.com
Hi Rol:
What is the literatre you are referring to? I would be most interested in
reading it.
-- Thomas A. Lifvendahl, Ed.D. Northern Illinois University RE/ACE Office DeKalb, Illinois 60115 815/753-1621 P60TAL1@corn.cso.niu.edu