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Important Decisions

Every organization will be grappling with workforce issues in the years ahead. The rising costs of doing business and the need to respond quickly to the marketplace in order to stay competitive will demand that organizations at least look at the alternatives to having a permanent full-time workforce. How this needs assessment and decision-making process is managed is critical.

What jobs or functions in your organization could be performed by short-term or contract workers? Some jobs or functions are more easily shifted over to alternative arrangements than others. Identify them and decide to what extent they will be used (i.e., supplementing the existing workforce with a few part-time workers, contracting out an entire ...

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