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    The document discusses a company's decision to downsize by reducing its workforce and costs. Downsizing aims to improve financial performance by reducing the scale and scope of business. It summarizes why firms downsize, including to reduce costs, layers of management, and focus on core competencies. A SWOT analysis shows the company's strengths in experience and employees, but weaknesses in inconsistent product performance. The proposed strategy is to reduce high costs, focus on more profitable products, eliminate underperforming products, and relocate employees.

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    The document discusses a company's decision to downsize by reducing its workforce and costs. Downsizing aims to improve financial performance by reducing the scale and scope of business. It summarizes why firms downsize, including to reduce costs, layers of management, and focus on core competencies. A SWOT analysis shows the company's strengths in experience and employees, but weaknesses in inconsistent product performance. The proposed strategy is to reduce high costs, focus on more profitable products, eliminate underperforming products, and relocate employees.

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    CASE DOWNSIZING DECISION

    PRESENTED BY:
    HARSH JAIN PGDM, ROLL- 5130

    ABOUT- DOWNSIZING
    A downsizing strategy reduces the scale (size) and scope of a business to improve its financial performance. A reduction of the workforce is one of only several possible ways of improving profitability or reducing costs.

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    Why do Firms Downsize? Reduce costs Reduce layers of management to increase decision making speed and get closer to the customer Sharpen focus on core competencies of the firm, and outsource peripheral activities Generate positive reactions from shareholders in order to improve valuation of stock price Increase productivity

    SWOT ANALYSIS
    STRENGTHS:
     Performance of Switch gear and connectors division are highly satisfactory.  Company still working with 35 year experience and has 40150 employees on its roll.

    WEAKNESS:
     Underlying strengths but are not using in a significant manner.  Performance of wire and cable is not upto the mark, and diversified products is inconsistant.

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    OPPORTUNITIES:
     Market avenue.  Creating a good position in market.

    THREATS:
        Falling stock prices. Defection of clerical staff. High cost and least profit. Reduction of EPC staff.

    STRATEGY OF NAVEEN MEHTA


    Reducing high cost. More concentrate on those products which have a more profit. Eliminate wire, cable and diversified products. Relocation of employees.

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