The recession brings a lot of stress to the organization. The employees are stressed as they can lose their jobs, but the managers are under the pressure as well. The managers have the information and they have to make a lot of decisions, which are carefully watched by the teams.
Category Archives: HR Role
Headcount Benchmarking in Recession
January 25, 2009 – 9:10 pm
The headcount benchmarking is one of the favorite topics of the top management. Generally, it is a good idea to search for the best practice in the area of the headcount management, but the headcount benchmarking in the recession is not that good idea at all.
Management Communication in Recession
January 11, 2009 – 6:03 pm
The management plays a very important role in the organization during the recession. The management is the first body in the organization to recognize the real situation and to make a connected network of the numbers from all the parts of the company.
HRM Organizational Structure Adjustments in Recession
December 30, 2008 – 9:16 pm
The HR Organizational Structure should be adjusted in the recession. The HRM Function can be asked to fire several employees as well and generally, the HRM Function has to make the positive example and it has to decrease the headcount to make the other managers to follow the example.
Organizational Design in Recession
December 25, 2008 – 2:16 pm
The recession puts a lot of the pressure on the organizational design of the organization. Most organizations get fat during the economic growth as the focus on cost saving is not that important. The number of managerial job positions grows, the number of employees grows and no one cares about the total payroll of the [...]
Understanding HRM Cost Base
December 24, 2008 – 2:31 pm
The HRM Managers have to understand the HRM Cost Base, mainly in the time, when the top management requests some cost cuts to prepare the organization for the recession. When the HR Managers have no clear idea about the structure of the HRM Costs and their foundation, they can make cuts, which are dangerous for [...]
Cost Cutting in HRM
December 23, 2008 – 5:19 pm
The HRM Function has a huge impact on the costs of the organization and it can be a significant issue in the recession. The HRM Function does not control just the personnel expenses, but it is responsible for the training costs as well. The recruitment costs can make a huge part of the consulting services [...]
