Question: WEEK 2 Assignment Every superviser, at some point in his or her career, is likely to be faced with the difficult task of laying off
WEEK 2 Assignment Every superviser, at some point in his or her career, is likely to be faced with the difficult task of laying off em-ployees. Asume you are the supervisor in the accounting department of a 756-member organisation. You have been notified by top management that you must reduce your staff by two individuals. The following are some data about your five employees Janet McGraw: African American female age thirty-six. Janet has been employed with your company for five years, all in the accounting department. Her evaluations over the past three years have been outstanding and above average. Janet has an MBA from a top-25 business school. She has been on short-term disability the past few weeks following the birth of her second child and is expected to return to work in twenty weeks Bill Keeney: White make, age forty-nine. Bill has been with you for four months and hm cleven years of experience in the company in payroll. He has an associate degree in business administration, and bachelor's and master's degrees in accounting. He's also a CPA Bill's performance evaluations over the past three years in the payroll department have been average, but he did save the company S150,000 after he made a suggestion regarding the use of electronic timesheets Jos Melender: Hispanic male, age thirty-one. Jos has been with the company almost four years. His evaluations over the past three years in your department have been outstanding. He is committed to getting the job done and devoting whatever it takes. He has also shown initiative by taking pussignments that no one else wanted. Additionally, be us recovered a. Am Experiencing Work Family Conflice? Finally, after you complete any self-assessment, we suggest you retain the results, and store them as part of your "portfolio of learning about yourself number of overdue and collected accounts that you had thought should be written off as a loss Lisa Parks: White female, age thirty-five. Lisa has been with your company seven years Four years apo. Lisa was in an automobile accident while traveling on business to a customer's location. As a result of the accident, she is disable and now sesa wheelchair. Rumors have it that she is about to receive several million dollars from the insurance company of the driver that hit her. Her performance the last two years has been above average. She has a bachelor's degree in accounting and specializes in computer information systems Charles Thomas: African-American male, age forty-three. Charles just completed his joint master's degree in taxation and law, and recently passed the bar exam. He has been with the department the past four years. His evaluations have been good to above average Five years ago, Charles won a lawsuit against your company for discriminating against him in a promotion to a supervisory position. Rumor is now, with his new degree. Charles is actively pursuing another job outside the company Glve these five brief descriptions, make a recommendation on which we employees you will swagear to your boss he laid off. Discuss any other autions that you feel can be used to meet the requirement of downsizing by employees without resorting to layoff. Discuss what you will do to (1) assist the individuals who have been let go and WEEK 2 Assignment Every superviser, at some point in his or her career, is likely to be faced with the difficult task of laying of employees. Assame you are the supervisor in the accounting department of a 750-member organization. You have been notified by top management that you must reduce your staff by two individuals. The following are some data about your five employees Janet MeGraw: African American female, ape thirty-six. Janet has been employed with your company for five years, all in the counting department. Her evaluations over the past three years have been outstanding and above average, Janet has an MBA from a top-25 business school. She has been on short-term disability the past few weeks following the birth of her second child and is expected to return to work in twenty weeks Bill Keeney: White mak, uge forty-nine. Bill has been with you for four months and has eleven years of experience in the company in payroll. He has an associate degreem business administration, and bachelor's and master's degrees in accounting. He's also a CPA. Bill's performance evaluations over the past three years in the payroll department have been average, but he did save the company $150.000 after he made a suggestion regarding the use of electronic timesheets. Jos Melender: Hispanic male, age thirty-one. Jest has been with the company almost four years. His evaluations over the past three years in your department have been outstanding. He is committed to getting the job done and devoting whatever it takes. He has also shown initiative by taking job assignments that no one else wanted. Additionally, he has recovered a. Am Experiencing Work Family Conflict. Finally, after you complete any self-assessment, we suggest you retain the results, and store them as part of your portfolio of learning about yourself. number of overdue and collected accounts that you had thought should be written off as a loss Lisa Parks: White female, age thirty-five. Lisa has been with your company seven years. Four years ago, Lisa was in an automobile accident while traveling on business to a customer's location. As a result of the acident, she is disabled and now uses a wheelchair Rumors have it that she is about to receive several million dollars from the insurance company of the driver that hit her. Her performance the last two years has been above average. She has a bachelor's degree in accounting and specializes in computer information systems Charles Thomas African-American male, age fortythree. Charles just completed his joint master's degree in taxation and law, and recently passed the bar exam. He has been with the department the past four years. His evaluations have been good to above average Five years ago, Charles won a lawsuit against your company for discriminating against him in a promotion to a supervisory position. Rumor is now, with his new degree Charles is actively pursuing other job outside the company Lisa Parks: White female age thirty-five. Lisa has been with your company seven years Four years ago, Lise was in an automobile accident while traveling on business to a customer's location. As a result of the accident, she is disabled and now uses a wheelchair Rumors have it that she is about to receive several million dollars from the insurance company of the driver that hit her. Her performance the last two years has been above average. She has a bachelor's degree in accounting and specializes in computer information system Charles Thomas: African-American male, age fortythree. Charles just completed his joint master's degree in taxation and law, and recently passed the bar eum. He has been with the department the past four years. His evaluations have been pood to above average Five yeats apo. Charles won a lawsuit against your company for discriminating against him in a promotion to a supervisory position. Rumor is now, with his new degree Charles is actively pursuing other job outside the comparty Given these five brief descriptions, make a recommendation on which we employees you will werest to your hoss be laid off. Discan any other options that you feel can be used to meet the rewirement of downsizing by employees with resorting to layoffs Discuss what you will de (1) assist the two individuals who have been let go and (B) assist the remaining three employees. Then, in a group of three to fhe students, seek consensus on the question of who gets laid off. Be prepared to defend your actions