HR/Firing Decisions
In class today, Professor Piderit mentioned the importance of managers coming to a decision regarding a course of action to take with an employee before meeting with the employee. Thus, if a manager is thinking of firing an employee, the manager should decide before meeting with the employee to relay the decision. This seems to me to be a critically important decision for a manager to make. Managers will open themselves to problems if they are not decisive. The manager may appear lack resolve and other employees may doubt his/her decision making capabilities. Further, the decision to fire probably came after significant consideration of factors involved. To make a split second decision based on pleas from an employee will probably result in a new decision not as well thought out as the initial decision. However, if the meeting with the employee revealed information not previously considered (contradicting stories, etc.), a decision to postpone the firing may be in order.
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