LO and Big Layoffs LO4863

MR GEOFFREY F FOUNTAIN (TFYY93A@prodigy.com)
Sun, 14 Jan 1996 18:04:43 EST

Replying to LO4746 -- Was: Def of Learning Org

Clyde Howell said:
>Consider this, when an organization says that it wants to be a learning
>organization, then starts laying its PEOPLE off indiscriminantly, how can
>it be a true learning organization? All of its learning resources have
>been stifled ... those who are laid off are now gone and those left behind
>are scared to do anything to draw attention to themselves lest the same
>fate befall them.

It would be interesting to hear from someone from AT&T (re: the 30 or 40
thousand managers to be laid off this year).

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