Letting People Go - The People-Centered Approach to Firing and Laying Off Employees

Whether they do so willingly or not, employees get terminated all the time. It's simply a fact of business. But poorly executed terminations may result in challenges ranging from short term annoyances to complete brand destruction. Terminations must be done right! This book covers why terminating employees correctly is important and provides a framework for doing so. It covers both firings and layoffs. This book reviews terminations from the organizational perspective, not from the legal perspective. The target audience is human resource managers as well as managers that direct people. Readers will benefit by learning how to avoid costly mistakes when terminating people and how to use properly executed terminations to their advantage.

About the author

Matt Shlosberg received his MBA from the University of Maryland at College Park (Robert H. Smith School of Business) and has completed graduate- and executive-level training in leadership and executive management at Cornell University, University of Notre Dame, and INSEAD Business School.

Summary

Covers why terminating employees correctly is important and provides a framework for doing so. This book reviews terminations from the organizational perspective, not from the legal perspective. It covers both firings and layoffs.

Product details

• Authors: Shlosberg, Matt Shlosberg
• Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL Professional
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.2012
• EAN: 9781606492079
• ISBN: 978-1-60649-207-9
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 231 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 254 g
• Series: The Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior Collection; Human Resource Management and; Human Resource Management; The Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior Collection
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous