Students will complete the discussion in 12-point, Times New Roman font using APA format. There must be a minimum of two sources to support primary responses. Students are required to post their primary response (250 word minimum) by today midnight. Students will upload a response post (secondary response to one other student) by today midnight (150 words minimum). You must have a minimum of two references to support your answer and two in-text citations of those references. (You do not need citations and references for secondary posts).
*Note that attendance is counted through the discussion forum.
Discussion questions are worth 50 points, 30 for your initial post (answering the question) and 20 for your secondary post (replying to a classmate). You are only required to submit one secondary response. Submitting more than one secondary response will not raise your score but could lower it.
Grading for Discussions:
All discussions must be completed on time and must include in-text citations and references in APA style formatting. If you do not use in-text citations or they are not in APA format you will lose 3 points. If you do not have references or if they are not in APA format, you will lose 5 points. (You do not need citations and references for secondary posts).
- You will lose 10% based on word count if your posts are too short. For example, your initial post is 200 words, if you have 150 words you will lose 5 points…50 words short times 10% (50 x .10 = 5).
- If any part of your post is copied and pasted (ANY POST), you will receive a “0”. I will not ask you about it, and you will not have a chance to resubmit the
- If your post is late, you will lose points depending on how late the post is. If you post one week late or later, you will not receive any points. No points will be given for any assignment posted after the class.
Coping and pasting an article or copying the information and changing a word or two is not a significant post. If you do this, you will receive a 0 for the assignment—no questions asked.
- Articles need to be within the past 5 years.
- Provide appropriate APA in-text citations and
- You must participate in all discussion.
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Module 11 Discussion: Employee Termination
If you have ever worked for a company that had to perform a major layoff, sending large groups of employees home and to the unemployment line, you know that it makes for a very somber and stressful day: Saying goodbye to valued coworkers, sharing with them their new financial worries, reviewing the workload they left behind and realizing you’re among those left that need to pick up the slack. And if you’re not anxious enough about that, you’re also wondering—am I going to be next?
On top of being a blow to company morale, when an organization chooses to downsize it risks the result of less revenue and less productivity. So, is downsizing the only alternative?
Discussion Prompt
HR professionals can assist in proactively and creatively producing alternatives to downsizing by using the tools in their arsenal. In this exercise you’re charged with exploring alternatives to downsizing that will save employee jobs and still accomplish the organization’s goals of cutting costs.
Use everything you know about downsizing and everything else you’ve learned so far as a Human Resources manager to come up with one or two ideas to prevent or find alternatives for corporate downsizing. Don’t forget to put a small explanation next to each bullet point, and when you’re done, check out the ideas one of your classmates has come up with.