- 100% esource Man 45 CHAPTER 1 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AN OVERVIEW INCIDENT 2 Downsizing As the largest employer in Ouachita County, Arunaternational Johns Manville Corporation in West Monroe, Louisiana, had laid off Forest Products 7 Comparison portant part of the local con several hundred workers in a cost-cutting more to keep our sales omy Ouachia County samostly futai in south central Arkansas from being further depressed we had to ensure that our costs were employs most 10 percent of the local workforce, and few just as low as those of our competitors. The wood products market is job opportunities are available in the area very competitive and a cost advantage of over 2 or 3 percent would Scott Whether the HR directorate of a difficult decisione low competitors to take many of our customers once had to make. According to Scott, everything was going long "Final a major son for the cuttudes was to protect the interest pretty wel despite the economic con, but he knew that sooner or of our shareholders. A few years ago a shareholder group disrupted out to the company would be affected got the wordt met w meeting to resist that make certain antipollution danges in ng with the president, et on that we would have to cut the general, though the wholders seem to be more concerned with the workforce by 20 percent on acabawas to get back to her within return on the investments than with social responsibility. At our mer a week with a suggested on new that my plan would not be the ing the president reminded me that just every other manager in the final one because the move was som but that Dion company. I should place the shareholders interests above all else. Telly was depending on me to provides a worlate proach was guteowwe begin to work up a human resource plan "First I thought about how the union would react. Certa that would be dil of these confiding interest workers would have to be in order of the union would try to protect as many powiew that of manage Ostos mentation during this period would be weld We 5-19. How might each can be affected by the reduction had to make sure that we had our act together force femember that allows at Paneno members of Then there was the impact on the surrounding community to the union consider the economy of Oucht Courty had not been a good 120 Lt them the company's wronment that will affect shanty Aude botence on the individere Scotsusted now legitimate the interest of each Who world new that our wrther depress the of the new that the moment that scott should be concerned test and forest Once who would want to know how we with roting them of the cu then to this 1-22. Comme chapter am Wadhabuto female cortion How rechobec Dewgong to con of the