After the dot-com bubble burst in August 2001, Libby Sartain, the new chief people officer and senior vice president of human resources at Yahoo!, to identify areas of human resource management in the injured media company. Suffering revenue share price collapsed, several resignations of executive power, and recent layoffs have created fear and anxiety among employees. In addition, the new CEO Terry Semel, the former co-CEO of Warner Brothers, came in May, but has not yet submitted a new plan for the company. Believes, as Sartain, formerly vice president of people Southwest Airlines, understands the challenges faced by Yahoo! and the role of human resources in support of organizational renewal. "Hide
by Charlie Catalano, Charles A. O'Reilly Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business 12 pages. Publication Date: 05 May 2004. Prod. #: HR25A-PDF-ENG
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