• Corpus ID: 197868102

An investigation into the impact of downsizing on surviving employees at a metal processing organisation

@inproceedings{Kubheka2017AnII,
  title={An investigation into the impact of downsizing on surviving employees at a metal processing organisation},
  author={Penuel Nkanyezi Kubheka and Alec Bozas},
  year={2017}
}

• Penuel Nkanyezi Kubheka, A. Bozas
• Published 2017
• Business

A metal processing organisation which has been in existence for over 50 years closed part of the production line and downsized its employees. The core objective of this research is to determine the impact of downsizing on employees who survived during this period. A quantitative methodology was adopted and a total of 150 questionnaires were distributed to the population sample and 143 responses were obtained, representing a 95% response rate. A majority of the respondents believe that there is not enough reward and recognition given in the organisation for good work done. It was concluded from the study that downsizing can affect the individual autonomy for surviving employees and that it can adversely affect organisational projects reporting structures for surviving employees. Downsizing can result in poor relations between management and employees, with the employees being of the perception that management has less concern about their happiness. It is recommended that management develop a delegation plan and consider conducting a survey to measure satisfaction levels of its employees. Human resources department should institute measures to instil confidence so that its employees will ultimately benefit from the new environment.