Deakin Open eBooks Workplace Role Play Scenarios
Deakin Open eBooks Workplace Role Play Scenarios is an open book by Dr Sarah Steen, published by Deakin University, on navigating difficult conversations, negotiation and mediation. Fifteen scenarios are grouped into three sections of five, each setting out a workplace situation for the people taking part, followed by reflective questions on how the conversation went.
100% Free (unlimited): The whole book reads online, chapter by chapter, and can also be downloaded, with no account and nothing held back. It carries a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial licence, so it may be reused and shared for purposes that are not commercial.
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The book is divided into three sections of five scenarios: difficult conversations, negotiation and mediation. The situations include an unmotivated employee, work-life balance, a salary negotiation, a project timeline, a marketing campaign, a retirement transition, a manager and a subordinate in conflict, and two teams clashing. An introduction and a role-play preamble open the book.
You can read the preamble first for how a role play is set up, then pick a scenario that matches the conversation you want to rehearse. Each one gives the situation to the people taking part, so a pair or a small group can step into it directly. The reflective questions afterwards turn the exercise into something to learn from, and the book downloads in full.
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