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The Causes, the Process, and the Consequences of Downsizing Information Systems (다운사이징 정보시스템의 원인, 과정, 결과)

  • 박관희
    • The Journal of Information Technology and Database
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.25-35
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    • 1994
  • Downsizing IS is rapidly emerging as one of new information systems of the 1990s that involves (1) the cost reduction, (2) the reduction of MIS staff, and (3) the transfer of IS functions to end - users. As downsizing is relatively new information systems, little is known about the causes, the process, or the consequences of downsizing. Case study was chosen as the research methodology of this study. The downsizing IS of Namsun Aluminum Co. Ltd. in Taugu City was chosen for the exploratory case study. The detailed and qualitative analyses to Namsun were performed with the use of observation, participation, and interview techniques. Consequently, the causes, the process, and the consequences of Namsun's downsizing were analyzed and discussed. As for the main cause, downsizing was started with the purpose of cost reduction. The important consequences of downsizing IS are as follows : (1) About 700 million won reduction in the cost of initially developing the downsizing was achieved. (2) Downsizing is performing Namsun's mission critical applications. (3) Namsun's downsizing could be considered to be SIS(strategic information systems).

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An Exploratory Study on the Circular Causal-Relationship of Downsizing and Technological Innovation in Organization.: System Thinking Approach (다운사이징과 기술혁신의 순환적 인과관계에 대한 탐색적 연구: 시스템 사고에 의한 접근)

  • 전상길;정우수
    • Korean System Dynamics Review
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.33-60
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    • 2000
  • This study aims to conceptually identify the circular causal-relationship which is structured between downsizing and technological innovation in organization. First, through the literature review concerning downsizing and (technological) innovations, we have outlined the conceptual building blocks and research boundaries in this field. Second, we used system thinking method to accomplish our research purpose. The research findings are as follows. First, the promotion of financial resources by downsizing have trade-off relations that have negative of effects in short terms, but positive effects in long time. Second, workforce reduction by downsizing usually has negative influence on employees. Third, capital reduction by downsizing generates not only the climates of cost-cut but also the fact that although the climates may increase economic performance in short terms, it may interrupt technological innovations in long terms. In conclusion, this theses suggests that the relationship of downsizing and technological innovations have complex causal and feedback structures. Therefore, the results of this thesis propose that the argument or practices of downsizing with partial emphasis is very dangerous. Finally some limitations are also discussed.

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The Causes, the Process, and the Consequences of Downsizing Information Systems (다운사이징 정보시스템의 원인, 과정, 결과)

  • 박관희
    • Proceedings of the Korea Database Society Conference
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    • 1994.09a
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    • pp.131-146
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    • 1994
  • Downsizing IS is rapidly emerging as one of new information systems of the 1990s that involve (1) the cost reduction, (2) the reduction of MIS staff, and (3) the transfer of IS functions to end-users. As downsizing is relatively new information systems, little is known about the causes, the process, or the consequences of downsizing. Case study was chosen as the research methodology of this study. The downsizing IS of Namsun Aluminum Co. was chosen for the exploratory case study. The detailed and qualitative analyses to Namsun were performed with the use of observation, participation, interview techniques. Consequently, the causes, the process, and the consequences of Namsun's downsizing were analyzed. As the main cause, downsizing was started with the purpose of cost reduction. The important consequences of downsizing are as follows : (1) About 700 mi1lion won reduction in the cost of initially developing the downsizing was achieved. (2) Downsizing is performing Namsun's mission critical applications. (3) Namsun's downsizing could be considered to be SIS(strategic information systems).

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Association Between Organizational Downsizing and Depressive Symptoms Among Korean Workers: A Cross-sectional Analysis

  • Youngsun Park;Juyeon Oh;Heejoo Park;Jian Lee;Byungyoon Yun;Jin-Ha Yoon
    • Safety and Health at Work
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.352-359
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    • 2024
  • Background: Organizational downsizing may be significantly linked to depressive symptoms, yet research on this impact in Asian contexts is limited. This study investigates the association between downsizing during the COVID-19 pandemic and depressive symptoms across diverse employment statuses. Methods: This study used the data from 6th Korean Working Conditions Survey. Depressive symptoms were measured using WHO-5 well-being index with a cut-off of 50. Downsizing was defined as decrease in the number of employees during last three years. Multivariable logistic regression adjusted for socio-demographic and occupational factors was used to estimate the adjusted odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for depressive symptoms associated with downsizing, including subgroup analyses. Results: Among 26,247 Korean workers (mean age: 43.4, men: 47.5%), the prevalence of depressive symptoms was 29.5% (n = 7,751), and the proportion of downsizing was 15.2% (n = 3,978). The prevalence of depressive symptoms was significantly higher among the downsizing group (36.7%, n = 1,460) than among the no-downsizing group (28.3%, n = 6,291). The result of logistic regression revealed a significant association between downsizing and depressive symptoms (adjusted OR [95% CI]: 1.39 [1.29-1.50]), particularly pronounced among high socioeconomic status workers. Conclusion: This study underscores the significant association between depressive symptoms and organizational downsizing, especially high vulnerability of socioeconomically advantaged and stable workers. These findings highlight the necessity for targeted mental health support and further longitudinal research to clarify the relationship between employment changes and mental health within the Korean workforce.

The Influence of Hotel Enterprise′s ABM on ERP System Satisfaction and Downsizing (호텔기업의 ABM이 ERP시스템만족과 다운사이징에 미치는 영향관계)

  • Kim Mun Su
    • Journal of Applied Tourism Food and Beverage Management and Research
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.39-63
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    • 2003
  • Hotel Enterprises are coping with changing circumstances by utilizing ABM and are downsizing for the sake of Innovation Results by setting up ERP(Enterprise Resource Planning) system. This study is intended to explore the correlations between Activity Based Management(ABM) of Strategic Management and ERP System Satisfaction, and the relations between ERP System Satisfaction and Downsizing. And through this, the methods of effective Strategic Management Development and efficient Downsizing will be suggested The objectives of this study are as follows: (1) to research the definition of Tourist Hotels' ABM (2) to examine the correlations between AMB and ERP system Satisfaction (3) to study the relations between ERP System Satisfaction and Downsizing Study Hypotheses, referring to preceeding study of Doo-jin Kong(2002) and DeLone & McLean, were set up to verify the Study Model. Data Analyses include the questionnaire survey of the Hotels using ERP system, reliability analysis, and regression analysis: for these analyses was used SPSS 10.0, the statistics package program. The conclusions show: First, ABM influences ERP System Satisfaction. Second, ERP System Satisfaction influences Downsizing. Therefore, ABM of Tourist Hotels needs to systematically take advantage of the Information Factors from ERP system and to maximize results by executing Downsizing through System development.

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A Consumer-Oriented Study of Price Increases and Downsizing : Focused on Roles of Competitor's Pricing Strategy and Risk-Aversion (가격인상과 용량감소에 관한 소비자 관점의 비교 연구 : 경쟁사 가격전략과 위험회피성향을 중심으로)

  • Kim, Hye Young;Kang, Yeong Seon
    • Korean Management Science Review
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.55-70
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    • 2015
  • The main objective of this study is to investigate the moderating roles of the competitor's pricing strategy and the degree of consumer's risk-aversion on perceived risk and perceived benefit in responding to price increases and package downsizing. Based on Prospect Theory, several prior researches find that consumers perceive increased price as more loss than package downsizing and perceive package downsizing as more benefit than increased price. We extend these behavioral economics approach using the reference effect of competitor's pricing strategy. We focus on consumer heterogeneity on risk-aversion, measure the degree of consumer's risk-aversion, and divide the consumers into two groups of high levels of risk-aversion vs. low levels of risk-aversion. We find that the firm's pricing strategies of both price increases and package downsizing do not significantly influence the perceived benefit for relatively low risk-aversion consumers. We find that when the firm reduce the package size, relatively high risk-aversion consumers perceived more benefit and had higher purchase intention compared to price increases. We also find that the competitor's pricing strategies do not significantly influence the consumer's response for relatively low risk-aversion consumers. For relatively high risk-aversion consumers, they perceived more loss when the firm has different pricing strategy from the competitor's.

Risk-Taking Decisions with Major IS Investment;System Downsizing Case

  • Shim, Seon-Young;Lee, Byung-Tae
    • 한국경영정보학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.06a
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    • pp.339-344
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    • 2007
  • In the cut-throat competitive environment of business, large-scale IS investment is becoming inevitable strategic necessity for gaining competitive advantage. However. it bears great deal of risk over all the associated processes so that the investment decisions need to be taken in a greatly careful manner. Nonetheless, Korean organizations are prominently showing risk taking behaviors regarding major is investment, in terms of system downsizing. Although decision theory argues decision makers' rational choice of options through the assessment of risk and benefit, the notable trend toward system downsizing in Korea defies common understandings on IS project risk. Furthermore, it encourages us to investigate many impenetrable characteristics underlying organizational risk taking decisions with IS investment. We found out that there is Significant effect of IS decision makers' risk propensity when they make system downsizing decisions. Moreover. we Identified that IS decision makers do not get a strong pressure of cost savings and have tendencies to mimic competitor's decisions.

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Downsizing and Price Increases in Response to Increasing Input Cost (제조비용 증가에 대한 대응 전략으로서 제품 크기 축소와 가격 인상의 비교 연구)

  • Kang, Yeong Seon;Kang, Hyunmo
    • Korean Management Science Review
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.83-100
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    • 2015
  • We analyze a duopoly competition when two firms face input cost increases. The objective of this study is to determine the firms' optimal strategy between a price increase and downsizing under conditions of a spatially differentiated market and consumers' diminishing utility on the product size. We develop a theoretical model of two competing firms offering homogenous products using the standard Hotelling model to determine how firms' optimal strategies change when facing input cost increases. In this paper, there are two types of duopoly competitions: symmetric and asymmetric. In the symmetric case, the two firms have the same marginal cost and are producing and selling identical products. In the asymmetric case, the two firms have different marginal costs. The results show that the optimal strategy decision depends on the size of the input cost increase and the cost differences between the two firms. We find that when two firms are asymmetric (i.e., they have different marginal costs), the two firms might choose asymmetric pairs of strategies in equilibrium under certain conditions. When the cost differences between the two firms are sufficiently large and the cost increase is sufficiently small, the cost leader chooses price increase, and the cost-disadvantaged firm chooses downsizing in equilibrium. This asymmetric strategy reduces price competition between two firms, and consumers are better off. When the cost differences between the two firms are sufficiently large, downsizing is the dominant strategy for the cost-disadvantaged firm. The cost-disadvantaged firm finds it more profitable to reduce the product size than to increase its price to reduce price competition, because consumers prefer downsizing to price increases. This paper might be a good starting point for further analytical research in this area.

The Managing of Dismissal on Survivors (해고에 따른 생존자의 관리)

  • Song, Gyo-Seok;Lee, Won-Hang
    • Journal of Industrial Convergence
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.87-102
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    • 2007
  • This paper presented here is generally the managerial prescriptions that they will apply to the majority of downsizing organizations most of the time. Each situation has its idiosyncrasies, so the architects of the dismissal will need to evaluate carefully the appropriateness of the various recommendations to their particular circumstances.

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Timing Window Shifting by Gate Sizing for Crosstalk Avoidance (크로스톡 회피를 위한 게이트 사이징을 이용한 타이밍 윈도우 이동)

  • Zang, Na-Eun;Kim, Ju-Ho
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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    • v.44 no.11
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    • pp.119-126
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    • 2007
  • This paper presents an efficient heuristic algorithm to avoid crosstalk which effects to delay of CMOS digital circuit by downsizing and upsizing of Gate. The proposed algorithm divide into two step, step1 performs downsizing of gate, step2 performs upsizing, so that avoid adjacent aggressor to critical path in series. The proposed algorithm has been verified on LGSynth91 benchmark circuits and Experimental results show an average 8.64% Crosstalk Avoidance effect. This result proved new potential of proposed algorithm.