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Moving the Enterprise: Implementing a Performance Management System to Support Strategic Change in the Equitable Insurance Companies

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The Equitable Insurance Companies is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. The Equitable Insurance Companies has undergone significant changes in the last several years, including major downsizing, redefinition of strategic thrust, shifts in products and markets emphasized, and several reorganizations. Faced with a still-turbulent environment, increased competition, and changing product demands, The Equitable Insurance Companies is likely to continue experiencing internal change in the near term.

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  1. Institute of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 08903, USA

    Charles H. Fay & Joseph T. McCune

  2. The Equitable Insurance Companies, 135 West 50th Street, New York, NY, 10020, USA

    Charles A. Singleton & William A. Faris

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  1. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C., USA

    Richard J. Niehaus (Assistant for Human Resources Analysis) (Assistant for Human Resources Analysis)

  2. TPF&C, a Towers Perrin Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Karl F. Price

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Fay, C.H., Singleton, C.A., McCune, J.T., Faris, W.A. (1990). Moving the Enterprise: Implementing a Performance Management System to Support Strategic Change in the Equitable Insurance Companies. In: Niehaus, R.J., Price, K.F. (eds) Human Resource Strategies for Organizations in Transition. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5757-5_8

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