Ideally, What Should a Manager Do If an Employee Has

question 55

Multiple Choice

Ideally, what should a manager do if an employee has a genuine skill deficiency and does not have the potential to learn a new task?

• A) fire the employee immediately
• B) give the task to another individual, even if it impacts productivity negatively
• C) notwithstanding the lack of potential to learn, double up the training effort
• D) if possible, simplify the task, lower expectations, or transfer the employee

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