The Role of Slack in Transforming Organizations

Volume: 31, Issue: 2, Pages: 65 - 83
Published: Jun 1, 2001
Abstract
We review the argument for and against keeping slack during the transformation of a plan-filling organization to a profit-seeking firm. Before the demise of the command economies, organizations in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries were typified as being overstaffed, although the degree of overstaffing (slack) varied from country to country. This article reports on two small empirical studies in East Germany and Slovenia and examines...
Paper Details
Title
The Role of Slack in Transforming Organizations
Published Date
Jun 1, 2001
Volume
31
Issue
2
Pages
65 - 83
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