Preface
Acknowledgements
About the authors. Planning the plan: drawing the map
The budget: reading the roadmap
Effective communication: a two-way street
Contracting out: deciding whether to own or lease
Managing benefits costs: maneuvering a tight turn
Managing risk: assessing insurance options
Reduction alternatives: a multiforked road
Programs and policies: yielding the right of way to laid-off staff
Early retirement: respecting where you've come from
Retaining the institution's multicultural character: many routes to the right place
Flexible work: how to turn detours into shortcuts
Commitment through work redesign: rebuilding the roads and bridges
Downsizing human resources: mapping your own course
Monitoring and reporting: checking the landmarks against the map
Old contract/new contract: changes on the road to reduction
Appendix A. Agreement, release and waiver and covenant not to sue
Appendix B. Salary and benefit cost reduction management guide.