Louden Manufacturing,a unionized firm,is in the process of downsizing.Mark is employed as a senior-level engineer at the firm,and his position has been eliminated.Mark's manager has indicated that Mark has the right to force a lower-level engineer out of a position.Which term best describes this activity?
A) bumping
B) rightsizing
C) restructuring
D) gainsharing

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A)Most labor agreements have a clearly spelled-out bumping procedure.When senior-level positions are eliminated,the people occupying them have the right to bump workers from lower-level positions,assuming that they have the proper qualifications for the lower-level job.Rightsizing and restructuring are synonyms for downsizing.

Louden Manufacturing,a Unionized Firm,is in the Process of Downsizing