Downsizing & Corporate Dysmorphia

Downsizing & Corporate Dysmorphia

My area of interest for this article was in downsizing. I wanted to take an organizational behavior course, to learn more about how organizational cultures develop, particularly in an era of globalization. I work for a “brick & mortar” company (UPS), with a very robust, historical and ingrained culture that greatly influences how all functional departments operate daily. However, I work within an IT subculture, with a somewhat more contemporary and fluid view of operations. Recent changes in IT development, as well as outsourcing, “right-sizing”, budget cuts/constraints have changed the way our IT department does business, and I wanted to take an objective view of why these cultural changes were taking place, as well as align my perspective with that of the overall organizations view. The question I was looking to answer was: Is downsizing/outsourcing working for my department, given the department’s goals, as well as the overall company strategy?

The immediate conclusion that I’ve come to is: yes and no, it truly depends upon which