Assignment Description:
This assignment will use the readings and discussions as a base for a team role-play involving a negotiation between an arbitrator, union, and management. Students will represent each of these groups and will work together to reach a win-win settlement.
Instructions:
Part 1: Sign up for a team.
Part 2: Meet with your team and identify one or more team members to represent each of the three groups from the project scenario: public sector union, management (e.g., public safety director and mayor), or arbitrator. Complete a Learning Team Agreement. Submit your Learning Team Agreement through the Labour Relations Team Project - Learning Team Agreement page in Unit 2.
Part 3: Conduct research to gather information to address the following questions in preparation for your role-play:
a. What is your role in the negotiation?
b. What steps of the collective bargaining process are assumed to have been completed up to this point in the scenario?
c. For union and management groups: What is your bargaining position? What are your arguments for negotiation?
d. For arbitrators: How will you manage the live negotiation? How will you make your decision?
Part 4: You will participate in a live role-play that will be facilitated by the assigned arbitrator(s) on your team. Each side will present their position, and negotiations will happen until the arbitrator reaches a final decision.
Part 5: After the role-play, you are to gather the information and write a reflection report which documents the final decision, rationale for the group's position/decision, and feelings about the outcome. It should consider the original assumptions made by each contributor to the negotiation (union, management, and arbitrator), and reflect on what tactics worked best, which ones were less effective, and what each side would do differently if given the chance.
a. Your report must be concise (not more than 2000 words double-spaced, 12-point font, excluding cover page and references page).
b. It must be well-written, but in lay terms. A proper introduction that clearly outlines the purpose and flow of the essay, as well as a strong conclusion are important elements.
c. You must also provide a properly cited reference page at the end of the report to support any of your conclusions.
Part 6: Additionally, you are to complete a peer evaluation for each team member to comment on their preparation and participation in this project.
Attachment:- Case Study-The Archibald Firefighters Arbitration.rar