Essays on Impasse

Negotiating and the Collective Bargaining Process

Part 1 Leadership Management Partnership (LMP) The purpose of Kaiser Permanente and the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions (LMP)’s was to develop a joint strategy to develop organizational change and environment of continuous learning and improvement. In addition, it is linked to the involvement of employees in decision making. It is considered the largest and longest-operating partnership in the U.S. (Labor Management Partnership, 2017).

Union Name and Type of Union

One of the 28 unions in the partnership was United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 7, Professional and Health Care Division. As described earlier, the union was a local union just like other 27 ...

A sexual offender is a person who has committed a sex crime, which is punishable by law. Sex crimes, on the other hand, are determined by a particular area’s laws and jurisdiction and they determine whether a person’s actions fall under sexual offense or otherwise. In many countries, sex crimes are in fact major crimes which are kept side by side with other crimes like physical assault or breaking traffic rules. While some crimes committed by sex offenders are strictly sexual in nature, others might be those that are a violation of those who are chosen by ...

Examination of Performance Review Conflict

Examination of Performance Review Conflict Performance review conflict can create serious problems in the public sector. In reviewing an employee’s performance, the supervisor considers self-reported performance assessment, his/her observations of an employee’s work, and feedback from other supervisors and peers who had the opportunity to oversee or observe the work of the employee. However, ratings for each criterion depends, in part, on the subjective interpretation of the supervisor. Rater bias and favoritism based on gender, race, age, physical appearance or attractiveness, personality, and personal relations or interests may influence supervisor ratings. Evaluation results become the basis of ...

Introduction

This is a case of Terra Cog, a privately held company specializing in high-quality Global Positioning System (GPS) and fishing and other outdoor sports surveillance tools and equipment. The company is set to release a new product called Project Aerial or simply Aerial as it was referred to in their pre-launch meetings . The current case revolves around the Emma Richardson, the newly promoted executive vice president, and her dilemma on how she would be able to come up with a new product that would rival the leading GPS product in the market, Birds I by one of their strongest ...

Situational Analysis: The issue with the situation at Terracog appears to stem from a lack of communication between team members since everyone is attempting to push their own agenda to the forefront. The situation emerged with the introduction of BirdsI, a handheld GPS device, introduced by Terracog’s competitor named Posthaste. When customer’s used the product and realized its salient features, the sales team headed by Ed Pryor started pressing for development of a similar product (something which the design team was not very sure of). The initial meeting consisted of Fiero, Pryor and Allen Roth – Director of ...

Mediator Behavior

After introductions, the mediator says, “First, let’s hear the plaintiff’s case.”

In this response it seems the mediator has already made his/her decision that there is a plaintiff and a defendant .This is mediation and the parties should be regarded as equals without taking sides.

In mediation process all subjects should regarded as innocent since the sole aim of the mediation is to bring the parties together without pointing others to be guilty (Baum 12).

After introductions, the mediator should say, “hello, first, let’s hear what our friend has to say about this issue.”

The disputant says, “Harold ...

Fixed pie concept

The fixed pie assumption suggests that often in negotiations parties perceive their interests as diametrically opposed, thus behaving like they “fight for a pie of the fixed size”. Not being able to see the possible trade offs in the situation, participant treat the problem as a pie, which can be taken only by one party. Such approach inhibits the ability of the parties to achieve mutual benefits and hinders the capability to find creative solutions. That is why many negotiations reach an impasse, and not being able to search for tradeoffs, but concentrating on reaping the most individual benefit.

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