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  2.     Bush Telegraph on conversions
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  4. 1     Stephen Roach has urged firms to reduce the size of their workforce. 
  5.     Many firms, like AT&T, have adopted this strategy, making tens of             thousands of workers redundant. Produce a report for a large multinational     summarising the advantages of down-sizing.
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  7. 2     Produce a second report explaining why, in the light of Stephen Roach's         recent comments, down-sizing is 'ill-conceived short-termism'.
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  9. 3     Evaluate the opposing viewpoints. In your view, which strategy is best 
  10.     if the firm wishes to achieve long-term growth?
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