As a result of organisational restructuring, up to what extent is the employer’s responsibility towards the affected (dismissed) employees?

As a result of organisational restructuring, up to what extent is the employer’s responsibility towards the affected (dismissed) employees? Order Description this is MBA dissertation, so level of writing must also be at master’s level. Topic: As a result of organisational restructuring, up to what extent is the employer’s responsibility towards the affected (dismissed) employees? This dissertation will NOT discuss the reasons behind organisational restructuring. Many studies have been done about corporate reorganisations. Restructuring is just one of the strategies that companies sometimes have to implement to survive in tough global economy. Nor this dissertation focuses on the manner that the management took to give notice to the affected employees nor the negotiation between the management and employees/employees representative. Instead, this paper will focus on the support that a corporation is providing to the affected employees. From the perspectives of the employees who have lost their jobs, up to what extend is the employer’s responsibility towards them? Do the corporation’s responsibility end at the payment of redundancy payments? This dissertation is unique in the sense that it will attempt to address the issue from the perspective of the employees working or used to worked in the Middle East, in particular in the city of Dubai. Dubai is a truly international city, workforce is majority composed of foreigners. Over 80% of Dubai’s population is expats from all over the world, resulting in an internationally diverse work force. This affords people the opportunity to get valuable international experience and establish a network with people from many other countries. Consequently, those living and working in this intriguing emirate can expect to experience the good, bad and ugly that is typical of any large metropolitan city in the modern world. An employee needs a sponsor in order to receive a work permit. For most international employees, their company is their sponsor. In Dubai, there is no permanent residency and no acquisition of citizenship. Employee unions are illegal. There are risks involved in filing a case against the employer to the Ministry of Labour for unfair dismissal. When the visa is cancelled, the grace period is only 30 days for the dismissed employees to stay in Dubai, to find a new job or to prepare to go home. Two of the largest foreign population in Dubai are Indians and Filipinos. This dissertation will focus on those two nationalities who lost their accounting function jobs due to restructuring. As those nationalities are the ones who usually works in the accounting function of the multi-national companies. Sometimes, going home is not an option for these workers due to family situation, children attending schools in Dubai. For some, Dubai is their home, as they are generation in Dubai – born, raised, educated in Dubai. This situation applies to most Indians. How can you go back to a country you are not familiar with? Many of today’s businesses are exploring various strategies of cost savings in order to compete in tough global economy. Such strategies may involve organisational restructuring. Organisational restructuring is defined as corporate term for the act of reorganizing the legal, ownership, operational, or other structures of a company for the purpose of making it more profitable, or better organized for its present needs (Reference). Centralization of business functions that take advantage of economies of scale, offshoring or outsourcing work to low cost providers and co-sourcing are common practices. Most common functions outsourced to low cost countries are Information Technologies and Accounting functions. Method: Qualitative (interviews)