"The Bickering Coworkers"   You are the supervisor of a large group of employees. Over the last few months, you notice that two of your employees, Bob and Ed, have not been getting along. They have been calling each other names and have been raising their voices at each other. You have ignored this up until now thinking, “Boys will be boys.” But the situation has escalated now and you are afraid one of them will harm the other. Coworkers are starting to complain that they are afraid and that they can’t concentrate with the disruptions. When you try to sit them down and talk to them, they are belligerent and tell you to stay out of the situation. They tell you this has nothing to do with work and they will handle it on their own. They get up and leave your office.   Question: Would youn consider terminating these employees if the behavior did not stop? If so, what precautioes would you take to assure the safety of everyone involve?

Practical Management Science
6th Edition
ISBN:9781337406659
Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.
Publisher:WINSTON, Wayne L.
Chapter2: Introduction To Spreadsheet Modeling
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 20P: Julie James is opening a lemonade stand. She believes the fixed cost per week of running the stand...
icon
Related questions
Question
100%

"The Bickering Coworkers"

 

You are the supervisor of a large group of employees. Over the last few

months, you notice that two of your employees, Bob and Ed, have not

been getting along. They have been calling each other names and have

been raising their voices at each other. You have ignored this up until now

thinking, “Boys will be boys.” But the situation has escalated now and

you are afraid one of them will harm the other. Coworkers are starting to

complain that they are afraid and that they can’t concentrate with the

disruptions. When you try to sit them down and talk to them, they are

belligerent and tell you to stay out of the situation. They tell you this has

nothing to do with work and they will handle it on their own. They get up

and leave your office.

 

Question: Would youn consider terminating these employees if the behavior did not stop? If so, what precautioes would you take to assure the safety of everyone involve?

Expert Solution
trending now

Trending now

This is a popular solution!

steps

Step by step

Solved in 2 steps

Blurred answer
Knowledge Booster
Ethical code
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, operations-management and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Similar questions
  • SEE MORE QUESTIONS
Recommended textbooks for you
Practical Management Science
Practical Management Science
Operations Management
ISBN:
9781337406659
Author:
WINSTON, Wayne L.
Publisher:
Cengage,
Operations Management
Operations Management
Operations Management
ISBN:
9781259667473
Author:
William J Stevenson
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education
Operations and Supply Chain Management (Mcgraw-hi…
Operations and Supply Chain Management (Mcgraw-hi…
Operations Management
ISBN:
9781259666100
Author:
F. Robert Jacobs, Richard B Chase
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education
Business in Action
Business in Action
Operations Management
ISBN:
9780135198100
Author:
BOVEE
Publisher:
PEARSON CO
Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
Operations Management
ISBN:
9781285869681
Author:
Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
Production and Operations Analysis, Seventh Editi…
Production and Operations Analysis, Seventh Editi…
Operations Management
ISBN:
9781478623069
Author:
Steven Nahmias, Tava Lennon Olsen
Publisher:
Waveland Press, Inc.