| Consequently, in the bid for competitive advantage, organizations have downsized, restructured, merged or acquired. |
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| When John Young was downsized from his job last year, he didn't throw a pity party. |
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| The department had been redesigned, delayered, downsized, and the people were operating as a self-managed team. |
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| I've downsized my office furniture, even though the desk makes me feel smaller. |
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| I downsized it and cropped it slightly to create desktops for both macs and PCs here. |
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| I got a degree in networking from NYU and worked at a French bank in mid-town until 2001 when they downsized their IT department. |
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| After being downsized from her last corporate job, she decided to become her own boss. |
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| They were expressing their concern at the company's announcement that Dundalk Packaging is to close and Dundalk Brewery will be downsized. |
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| Companies downsized, diversified, and increased their exposure to export markets. |
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| Since 2002's Highwire, The Neufeld-Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra have downsized from 16 members to a svelte nonet. |
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| Prices were fairly strong at the sale, which featured a significantly downsized catalog with an emphasis on weanlings from young sires. |
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| Existing programs must be consolidated, downsized, or eliminated to meet current or reduced budget restraints. |
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| Archival institutions have been closed or downsized, resulting in a shortage of qualified people to sift through the accumulated documentation. |
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| During the 1989-90 recession, for example, there was a torrid need for financial consultants as companies downsized. |
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| I've completely downsized all my belongings, and can pack all of my clothes into one suitcase. |
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| The more than 100,000 employees he downsized can testify that he is not a touchy-feely kind of guy. |
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| Meanwhile some downsized staff have been re-engaged at lower costs as outside contractors. |
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| I believe it also can be downsized without affecting the meaningful nature of its tasks, but we ought not to be penny wise and pound foolish. |
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| The United Nations formed police unit capacity would also be downsized to one unit of 140 personnel, which would remain in Dili. |
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| In addition, repair and spare-part costs for the operator are downsized, as are the costs for disposing of used greases. |
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| Currently, public health is being downsized with Medical Officers of Health being let go, as well as other public health staff. |
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| The reductions on sole and plaice have also been downsized in South Brittany and South Biscay. |
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| Both lost their jobs when those industries downsized and sent the majority of contracts overseas. |
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| The coalition rapidly downsized Prevent and shifted it to a police-led initiative. |
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| The improvements are relying on the quality of the photo-electric exposure meter which has been downsized but improved in sensibility. |
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| The weekend is downsized to being a jazzy, glitzy flamboyant festival. |
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| The mill has downsized to a mere fraction of the jobs that it has had in the community for a number of years. |
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| In addition, budgets have been reduced and programs and staff significantly downsized. |
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| However, as the political sphere is itself downsized and privatized, the state system is left with fewer tools, outside of increased repression, to handle disorder. |
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| The major point in the contract is that the employees who will be downsized three years before their retirement age will receive a 9-wage severance package. |
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| Since only a portion of the dryer air stream is being treated for VOCs, the equipment can be downsized. |
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| They downsized the division by offering attractive early-retirement packages and selling off an office building. |
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| One reason is that such a large relative shift in demand could have also depressed activity in industries other than those that downsized. |
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| With commodity prices rising, many product packages are being downsized to meet price point objectives. |
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| He said it could be set to increase as older homeowners with equity in their properties downsized, but that an improving mortgage market would mean the proportion was unlikely to grow. |
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| The investigation showed that this was exclusively at the expense of other Community producers which ceased to produce or which downsized production in the period analysed. |
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| Security: In many organizations, particularly those that have downsized in the past several years, the older worker with a higher salary can become paranoid that he is too costly to keep. |
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| Even the tenants who leave space because they have downsized must continue to pay the rent, helping to ensure uninterrupted income streams for owners. |
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| As the economic climate soured in the early 90's, the company downsized. |
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| Whether you were downsized out of your previous position or you are looking for a career change, a cover letter is very important when contacting a prospective employer. |
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| A downsized version of the Cyclopulse, the Econopulse not only provides effective cyclonic pre-separation, it is also a viable solution from an economic standpoint. |
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| Some Crown corporations have downsized or restructured, reducing operating costs to address diminishing funding and to try to achieve self-sufficiency. |
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| As a result of initiatives undertaken in the second and third quarters of 2004, recoverability tests were performed for downsized plants and plants receiving transferred assets. |
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| The 1980s gave birth to the mini steel mill, a downsized version of the nation's massive and often inefficient integrated steel mills. |
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| In downsized or delayered companies, flexible working arrangements may result in some employees taking on more in order for others to do less. |
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| He downsized, delayered, and reorganized into 13 focused global high-technology and services businesses. |
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| In the March 2009 interview, Gallup asked respondents whether their organization had experienced layoffs or had downsized. |
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| You could spend the five big ones and the client could get downsized to a Jiffy Lube janitor the next week. |
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| In Thailand, STC Mr Michael Abrahams said some projects had been downsized but others such as the MRCA Rail Project were on schedule. |
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| Then there is another category, for professionals who have been downsized, outplaced or rightsized because of mergers, acquisitions and outsourcings. |
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| The IoS, which downsized in October 2005, was the only Sunday quality title to record an increase in circulation both year on year and on the previous month. |
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| However there is still a requirement for high-resolution scanning electron microscopes as material development and processing technologies continue to be downsized. |
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| How can downsized firms or those pursuing downsizing remain innovative? |
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| A large number of military installations along Hadrian's Wall were repaired, but some towers may also have been demolished and some forts downsized during this period. |
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| Inspired by the seminal text Re-engineering the Corporation, by Michael Hammer and James Champy, organisations downsized, rightsized, delayered, divested and outsourced. |
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