Three Strikes And You're Out!: A Downsizing Experiential Exercise

Abstract

This workshop is a demonstration of an experiential exercise on the impact that downsizing has on a company's employees. Participants in the workshop will be asked to play members of a company, which has made a decision to downsize. The exercise employs a mock baseball game as the means to select employees for termination. The exercise attempts to have the participates simulate the experiences of both those who have been terminated, as well as those who remain with the firm.