Question

A full-time employee asks for a transfer out of a department to the General Manager. As retaliation, his superior is ordered to cut his hours to less than 15 hours per week to force him to quit. If you were this manager, what would you do? can i get ideas its for Organizational Behavior class

WE will be touching the following points:

Decision making

Ethical dilemmas

Leadership

Power and influence.

Answer 1

Below are the points to be taken into consideration to address the request of transfer out of a department -

1. Talk to the employee in-depth to understand the reason for the requesting of a inter-departmental transfer.

2. Based on the discussion, analyze if there are any work or non-work issues that the employee is facing and if they can be resolved amicably without the requirement of a transfer.

3. Ensure that the employee doesn't feel threatened against any sort of retaliation he expects.

4. Avoid using power or influence to retaliate against the employee.

5. Make the decision by considering all the alternatives that would best suit to the needs of both the department as well as the employee.