Superior Foods

After the reading, the case the plant manager is challenged with the responsibility of maintaining employee morale, downsizing and regulating production. When an employee goes to work typically being laid off is not the primary subject on their mind, especially if the business is exceeding goal and meeting deadlines. However, in the case of the Superior Foods, the employees are confronted with this predicament. Some of the key questions that staff members might have:
1. How much severance pay will I receive?
2. Will I be eligible for unemployment benefits?
3. Are there other positions available within the company?
4. Will health care insurance be cancelled?
5. Will I be eligible for rehire?
Employees that are being laid off could have the same as

And due to the unforeseen outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, the situation is beyond his control. From a financial perceptive he is forced to take actions to reduce production, revenue and future endeavours. What can he do? Nevertheless, he must strategically implement a plan with a sense of urgency and restructure the worker’s responsibilities in a sensible and professional manner. Schroeder could implement the communication strategy framework and the pyramid principle to accomplish the downsizing. The strategic communication planning can be complex or simple, it depends on clearly defined the method, one that calls on analytical skills for any problem needing to be solved (Barret, D., 2014). The pyramid principle designed by Barbara Minto illustrates how to structure an effective discussion in business context and emphasizes the “top-down” approach to organizing the message (Barrett, D., 2014). The remaining employees could start to feel overworked and inundated. This can cause excessive tension and stress. Working in this type of environment the end result would be an increase in errors, irritability and reduction in