Essays on Concessions

Negotiation is the most basic method of conflict resolution. It is backward and forward communication between the parties of the argument with the objective of trying to find a solution. It is a process of combining diverging viewpoints in order to arrive at an agreement. Negotiations can prevent or end a conflict while guaranteeing that both parties get at least fraction of what they desire. When both parties obtain major advantages, the negotiation is considered most successful. Nonetheless, any negotiation involves the risk of making a bad deal, and sometimes, a failed negotiation can worsen the existing conflict (Zartman ...

The Great War was the bloodiest war in world history up to that point. Many historians claim that the buildup to the war was caused my militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism (MAIN). This might be the composite indicator, but special importance should be placed on the Dual-Alliance between Austria-Hungary and the German Empire. The two came together for a myriad of reasons, most importantly a shared fear of Russian aggression, and remained together for over thirty years. Thus, an entire generation grew up recognizing that the two Germanic empires were closely allied, and the knowledge pervaded the culture of ...

Problem Identification

The case in question is a typical scenario, which regularly occurs in a corporate environment. As many other junior or middle managers, Joe is experiencing serious hardships in reconciling his personal and employment-related issues. Many studies showed that work-life balance has evolved from a chimerical job advantage into one of the fundamental employment conditions, especially in today’s turbulent economy (Baumeister & Vohs, 2004). While Joe psychologically understands that his family and educational priorities are more important than his current job commitments, company productivity is naturally more important for Jim, whose career progress is dependent on effectiveness of his department. ...

1. Citing class discussion and course readings, please critique the following passage: Our analysis suggests that democracies are more likely to be sensitive to the costs of terrorist attacks, to grant concessions to terrorists so as to limit future attacks, to be constrained in the ability to pursue a lengthy attritional campaign against an organization, but also to be under a greater pressure to do something Terrorism as we know it is a tactic, a tactic used by marginalized and disenfranchised groups to attempt to claw back some of the rights that they have lost or to try and ...

Iran and Nuclear Power

This paper focuses on the widely debated issue on the Iran deal considering it as a policy that will define the manner in which Iran will develop its nuclear energy program. Essentially, the argument will take a serious approach thus defending a position to the effect that the Iran deal, as a matter of policy, is essentially flawed. Importantly, it will also adopt a logical approach in order to underscore the gaps which would lead to a future crisis. Indeed, as afore mentioned, the Iran deal is a badly thought idea that uses naivety to as a tool of ...

The Opium Wars and Taiping Rebellion shook Qing China. Two armed conflicts between China and the states of West, known as the "Opium Wars" (1839-1842 and 1858-1860), led to a terrible Chinese national disgrace, completely loss of political independence and the separation of China to zones of influence between foreign powers. At first, the casus belli was closure of the vast China market for countries of West. All the foreign states were forced to market only to certain Chinese companies situated at the port area in the Guangdong Province, without possibility of trade within the city, this caused artificial ...

Understanding the intrigues of an international system is as complex as understanding the factors that have influenced its evolution over time. However, it is clear that the international system underwent its most profound changes in the periods of the First and Second World Wars. The stack difference in international relations between the post war period and before the war can only be illustrated by having a detailed overview of the situation after the First World War; which set the stage for the Second World War, and the ensuing international system afterwards. In fact, it would not be an overstatement ...

One most important challenge I identified negotiation process is inter-group trust. Notably, our workgroup has made numerous initial assumptions and offered multiple proposals prior to first, scheduled negotiation round. In so doing, our workgroup has attempted to perform an in-depth SWOT analysis and information-gathering activities in order to avoid a sense of clueless during actual negotiations. However, our group members and I have failed to properly consider for trust between negotiating parties. If anything, trust and specific qualities are not built over one day. Predictably, given our workgroup members are hardly known to one another before our group formation, ...

Causes and development of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict

The conflict between Palestine and Israel has been proceeding for almost a century, and it remains unsolved up to this day. None of the parties wants to make the large-scale concessions, following the minor conditions of a shaky truce. The origin of the conflict can be seen even before the First World War. Precisely, the main causes of the conflict have the religious and racial nature based on the territorial issue. In addition, it is worth considering that the escalation of the conflict has been associated with the creation of the State of Israel, which was corroborated by the ...

Problems Facing the Firm

Quadriserv Firm aimed at creating a centralized marketplace where the investors could effectively lend as well as borrow securities. In other words, the goal of this company was to modernize the United States equity securities lending market. Nonetheless, the brokerage firms resisted Quadriserv Firm’s innovations. Quadriserv faced a dilemma in deciding whether to make the changes to its systems so as to preserve a number of advantages, which the brokerage firms had in the prevailing marketplace and facilitate their participation in the electronic marketplace, which it was creating or not (Cohen & Malloy, 2011). The changes to Quadriserv Firm’ ...

Iran Revolution of 1979

Abstract The Iranian Revolution of 1979 involved the popular uprising in Iran against the regime of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi. This paper examines many of the leading explanations for the uprising, including the rise of militant Islam, structural weaknesses of the Shah regime, the coalition of three important social groups (e.g. woman, youth, and the intelligentsia), the composition of the reform movement, and the effect of the Shah’s policies of accommodation and repression, to name a few. This paper also draws on leading theories in social movement theory, contemporary field work involving discussions with the Mullahs and their ...

I. Introduction A. Opening Remarks: For centuries, countries have been working on having easy access to foreign markets for a variety of reasons. B. Thesis Statement: Although the NAFTA presented positive changes to the economies of all signatories, the labor market suffered in some areas of the United States and Mexico due to the changing labor demand in the market and the lack of opportunities for the rural folk. II. Background of the NAFTA A. History: Economic integration has long been an issue discussed by North American governments since the 1900s. B. Aims: Under the NAFTA, each signatory will ...

The political arena in Indonesia has its specifics. While Danone mostly operates in the countries with stable political and legal systems, a constitutional democracy such as Indonesia is a politically attractive developing market. After being subject to dictatorship until 1998, Indonesia became a democratic state with the New Order Regime. Islam, which is the major religion in this country, affects political decisions immensely. Politically, it is a secular state, even though social decisions are subject to religious concern. Among the major possible political challenges are attacks, terrorism or even civil war, because poor states are found to be at ...

The university is in to contract with Tenex Company where the company supplies the University with stock tab paper. When they entered into the contract, the company was to supply stock tab paper on a fixed price basis. Now that the prices for the stock tab paper have gone up, Tenex approaches the University's purchasing department so that they can go to a guaranteed margin approach as opposed to what they had agreed earlier, fixed price. The university's purchasing department responds to the Company (supplier) reminding them that the case would have been different had the prices gone down. ...

Critical Thinking Skills Applied to Real Life Problems

Critical Thinking Skills Applied to Real Life Problems

Introduction

The challenges of modern life pose many problems in one’s daily life and increasing standards of performance and competitiveness in both personal as well as professional spheres of life present people with different issues and problems. The basic and simple problems are also usually compounded by the faulty thinking and perception of those involved in the thinking process surrounding a situation. The inequality of opportunities and lack of level playing field usually translates into challenges at work and in personal life, which if not overcome within a reasonable span of ...

The Review of ‘The Glory and the Dream’ by William Manchester

Describe the central theme and objective of this reading. Cite examples from the reading. Recently I’ve read the book on history called ‘The Glory and the Dream’ by William Manchester. ‘One more boring history book,’ you may say. But you shouldn’t draw any firm conclusions at once. Let me prove you that even history books can be interesting and absorbing. Are you ready? So, let’s go. There are two volumes of this book which the author called a narrative history of America. It comprises the information about the years from 1932 to 1972. And, unlike other ...

Elimination of Subsidies for all Energy Alternatives

I agree with the proposal to eliminate government subsidies for all energy alternatives so that all energy providers can compete in a free market economy. My rationale for agreeing with this proposal is that providing subsidies is a retrogressive economic policy that allows the government to prop one sector of the energy industry at the expense of other sectors. Rather than foster competition, government subsidies will give alternative energy investors unfair price advantages over other energy providers. Moreover, subsidies will cause the alternative energy sector to become less cost competitive and encourage unhealthy dependency on preferential treatment from the ...