Just as in “real life” there are employees who are “apple polishers,” and “center stagers.” And of course, there are employees that turn in assignments late, don’t adhere to deadlines as well as those employees that are inattentive. This training identifies what exists in the workplace only in different terms. These types of personalities and well-established and anticipated traits should be part of the class/course introduction. To that end, a continuous emphasis on these disruptive characteristics requires emphasis at scheduled and unscheduled intervals during the course. Although the approaches cited to curtailing these behaviors are well-established, it is also necessary to have a heart-to-heart with the class and individuals that certain behavior is blatantly disrespectful to other classmates just as the same behavior would be disrespectful to coworkers. What is paramount is that students need to be reminded that while there are many ways for an instructor to apply creativity in class management, the instructor also has just as many ways to apply accountability when behavior is disruptive to other students whose educational goals are being compromised by selfish behavior.
