Scenario

Imagine that you are an office manager tasked with coordinating and leading the dismissal meeting for an organizational layoff.

Instructions

6–8 page in which you:

• Propose three ways, proven to be effective, that a manager can cope with negative emotions that accompany an organizational layoff.
• Describe a detailed, step-by-step process for conducting a dismissal meeting.
• Determine fair and equitable compensation, with justification, that the company may provide to the separated employee.
• Create a chart depicting a fair and equitable timeline for disbursement of the compensation.
  • Use Microsoft Word or an equivalent application, such as OpenOffice.
• Predict three ways an organizational layoff can affect a company’s future strategic direction.
• Support your propositions, assertions, arguments, or conclusions with at least three credible, relevant, and appropriate sources synthesized in a coherent analysis.
  • Cite each source on your source list at least one time within your assignment.
  • For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.
• Write clearly and concisely in a manner that is well organized, grammatically correct, and free of spelling, typographical, formatting, and/or punctuation errors.

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

• Formulate strategies for an employee layoff, including heading the dismissal meeting, compensation for separated employees and predicting business effects of the layoff.