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Watch and listen to this classic Millcaster episode. Millcaster Aid to Africa is in crisis. Will it be forced to merge, make redundancies or both?

'Broken Biscuits' - background

Having upset Clive, the Chair of ReadyBix, Millcaster Aid to Africa has lost 65 per cent of its income. Clive has also withdrawn his personal sponsorship of the farm-building project in Rwanda. Mercedes, the Chief Executive has just announced at a staff meeting that there will be redundancies.

Broken Biscuits (part three)

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'Broken biscuits' discussion

In your experience do people start to behave differently when potential job cuts are announced? What happened?
When should an organisation start to share their thoughts about a potential merger with the other party? What should they do first?
Should Derek have gone straight to the director? What should he have done?

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