Pull yourself together
Featured in the Managing Discipline and Grievance training manual
By Aileen Goodman & Caroline Love
Category: Conflict Resolution
Credit price: 4 download credits (Single user)
From time to time, the use of alcohol and/or drugs intrudes into many workplaces. What behaviour is acceptable? To what extent dose the organisational culture condone/permit/prohibit the use of some/any alcohol? Does the same apply to recreational drugs? What are the issues for a manager faced with staff who are under the influence of alcohol or recreational drugs? Which strategies can be adopted to manage the situation? If the situation warrants, how do you conduct a disciplinary meeting? This training activity provides an opportunity for participants to consider how to manage a range of drug/alcohol issues and moves on to provide an opportunity to practise decision making in the context of a disciplinary meeting.
Following a brief introduction, participants work in groups of three on a range of scenarios about drugs and alcohol at work, to identify short- and medium-term strategies for managing the situations. When the feedback session is completed, participants move on to consider a case study – Pull yourself together. The subject of the study has been abusing alcohol, coming to work with hangovers, and returning from lunch not sober. Participants work in groups and, playing different roles, hold a disciplinary meeting. The panel decide on the outcome. Learning is consolidated during a small-group review and through use of learning logs completed during earlier activities.
Who is it for: This training resource is intended for use by trainers to enable participants to consider how to manage a range of drug/alcohol issues to practise decision making in the context of a disciplinary meeting.
| Resource Type: | Activity |
| Min Group Size: | 4 |
| Max Group Size: | 20 |
| Typical Duration: | 02:45:00 |
| No of Pages: | 37 |
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Purpose: This training resource is intended for use by trainers towards the end of a programme on managing discipline and grievance: it provides a valuable practice opportunity that will reinforce learning from earlier activities. You can also use this activity on programmes of absence management, developing business skills, management development, managing for the first time, staff support and supervision, or team development.
Download the training activity, Pull yourself together as featured in the Fenman training manual; Managing Discipline and Grievance