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The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize it and How to Respond

Problem Bosses: Who They Are and How to Deal With Them

Bully in Sight: How to Predict, Resist, Challenge and Combat Workplace Bullies

Alternatives to Downsizing

"Downsizing has been a pervasive managerial practice for the past ten years. It has been the unquestioning norm that, if a company finds itself in financial difficulties, THE way out is to downsize by cutting personnel. Yet concern is growing about the human costs that accompany downsizing, and questions are being asked about its impact on the macro-economy: as more people are downsized out of jobs, who is there to buy the downsized companies' products? Furthermore we now know that downsizing rarely returns the benefits expected of it: a downsized firm is often worse placed, not better, to compete."

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