Argues that personnel departments should increase their involvement in promoting organizational performance and suggests the creation of a database of detailed performance information related to the alignment of people with their positions as an initial step. The contents and specific uses of such a database are discussed. (MBR)

Describes a systematic approach to organizational change based on examination of prior consolidation experiences, which identifies organizational and individual employee needs and uses Maslow's sequence to plan for these needs. Use of this approach to manage transition period prior to consolidation of branch operations of the 3M Company is…