OS facing an organizational change/cut down

[Peg Holman]

Thomas,

There is a great example of this in Tales from Open Space.  Hugh Huntington
used a series of OSs to downsize a division of Honeywell.  They went form
2,400 to 1,600 people.  I have an old phone number for Hugh in Taos, New
Mexico:  505-776-8347.  Perhaps Harrison or someone else on this list has an
e-mail address for him.

Peg Holman

-----Original Message-----
From: Herrmann, Thomas <thomas.herrmann at TELIA.COM>
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
Date: Monday, September 20, 1999 2:54 PM
Subject: OS facing an organizational change/cut down


>Hi !
>I would like an example (or two) of how OS has been used in organizations
>facing change/cut down. My organization (1900 employees) will next year
>have to cut down the number of employees to about 1800. In our main city
>(Gothenburg) the number of employees will have to increase. This means that
>people have to concider changing office and perhaps move to Gothenburg. A
>friend of mine is responsible for making this change as smooth as possible.
>I am sure OS would suit as an instrument. I promised him to try to find
>some examples of similair situations where OS has been used. Could you help
>me?
>Greetings       Thomas
>
>Thomas Herrmann
>Pensévägen 4
>434 46 Kungsbacka, Sweden
>
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