消減成本已經(jīng)迫在眉睫【外文翻譯】

1、外文文獻(xiàn)翻譯譯文一、外文原文原文：原文：WhenyouvegottocutcostsnowYouvebeenagoodmanagerofalargedepartmentfsometimenow.Youverunatightship.Whenpossibleyouvecutcosts.Butnowanderhascomedown（fromhighenoughabovethatyoudonthavethelibertyofdebatingi

2、tswisdomfeasibility）decreeingthatyoumustfindanadditional10%20%even30%inadministrativecostreductionsseveranceaside.Youjustdontseehowitcanbedone.Furthercomplicatingyourlifearethelimitationsonyourchoices.Becauseyoudontreptd

3、irectlytotheCEOyourenotinapositiontoadvocatestrategychangespursuewholesaleshiftslikeoffshing.Ndoyourinstructionsallowyoutopushflargeinvestmentsinnewtechnologyfexamplethatwouldenableyoutoreplaceotherdepartments.Noyouhavet

4、odothisthehardway：oneitematatimeinshtder.Youarenotalone.Overthepast30yearswehavewkedinledprovidedconsultingassistancetonumerousganizationsinthissituationincludingmanufacturingcompaniesfinancialinstitutionsprofessionalser

5、vicesfirmshightechstartupsutilitiesuniversities.Ourexperienceshowsthatadministrativecostreductionopptunitiesfollowsimilarpatternsvirtuallyeverywhere.Thelessonswevegleanedmaynotsolveyourentireproblembuttheyshouldgiveyouas

6、ubstantialjumponit.Asyoubeginyourquestfadministrativecostsavingskeeptwokeypointsinmind：Firstfgetaboutfindingasingleideathatwouldradicallychangethecoststructureofyourganizationdepartmenttherebysolvingyourprobleminonego.（I

7、fsuchanideaexisteditwouldmostlikelyentailsomuchriskthattheunderperfmers.Youllfindtwotypesoflessthanfullybusypeople.Thefirstisusuallyeasytospot：Thesewkersspendthemosttimeinthehalls.Theyganizetheofficebirthdayparties.Perha

8、pstheirjobsweremadesimplerbythenewonlineHRfinancesystemayearagonewdutieswereneverassigned.Thesecondtypeincludesemployeeswhodobothunpleasantbutvaluabletaskspleasantbutlessvaluableones.Anyefficiencygainsinthefmerpartofthei

9、rjobtendtogetoffsetbyexcessivefocusonthelatter.Suchwasthecasefbranchofficersatabankwewkedwithafewyearsago.Thecompanyhadspentmillionsofdollarsmakingthesalesprocessmeefficientyetsalesdidnotgrow.Wediscoveredthattheofficersd

10、evotedtheirfreeduptimetobetterservingexistingcustomersreadinguponnewproductsbutnottophoningcustomersselling（whichtheyenjoyedleast）.Wetaughtthebanktoofferbranchmanagersachoiceeachtimeitimplementedalabsavinginnovation：eith

11、ercombinejobsreduceheadcountraisethebranchssalesgoalsbyacommensurateamount.Afterdealingwithyourlessthanbusyemployeesyoullneedtotakethepersonnelactionyouhavemostlikelybeenavoidingfawhile：terminatingtheunderperfmers.Everyd

12、epartmentseemstohaveonetwoofthem.Themanagerknowstheirwkhasntbeensatisfactybutfeelsuncomftableaboutfiringthemusuallyfentirelyunderstablereasonssuchaskindness（“Maryspersonalsituationissodifficultrightnow“）unpleasantness（“T

13、herestofthedepartmentwillbeupsetifweletBillgo“）.Admitit：Youalreadyknowwhothesepeopleare.Intwomeyearsyoumaynotbeabletoprotectthemanylonger.Theywillbetwoyearsolderwhichmaymakeitharderfthemtogetcomparablepositionselsewhere.

14、Is“saving“themtodayreallydoingthemafavSomemanagersfailtoaddresstheseproblemsbecauseofperceivedproceduralbarriers（“HRsayswehavetodocumentFredsunderperfmancegothroughaprobationaryperioditsjusttoomuchhassle“）.Butyoucanfindw