An Exercise for Teaching Employment Termination. (March 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Skowronski, Mark S.; Bedi, Akanksha
• Is Part Of: Management teaching review. Volume 7:Number 1(2022)
• Page Start: 77
• Page End: 88
• Publication Date: 2022-03
• Subjects: termination -- discharge -- dismissal -- separation -- difficult workplace conversations -- interpersonal communication -- experiential learning; Management -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; Executives -- Training of -- Periodicals; Organizational behavior -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; 658.007
• DOI: 10.1177/2379298120948230
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2379-2981

Abstract

Teaching students how to terminate an employee in a safe, legal, and humane manner provides them with a valuable management skill. This article describes an exercise for teaching students how to conduct termination meetings, guiding them through the process of creating a termination script that is consistent with best practices from the literature. This exercise also helps students develop confidence and enhance their skills by role-playing the termination meeting and responding to the interpersonal challenges of such meetings.