This assignment requires working in teams of five or six. Half of each team is to assume the role of manage1nent at a firm that is about to undergo major downsizing. The other half of each team is to assume the role of e1nployees-son1e who will be affected and others who will remain. Each manage1nent team is paired with an e1nployee team and must prepare and role-play a realistic meeting of the two parties. Managers should work toward minimizing the negative impact on those who will be affected as well as on those who vvill remain. Individuals in employee roles should envision what their thoughts and feelings would be (if they have never actually been in this situation, that is) and to portray then1 as realistically as possible.