Discussion Post: Put Your Skills to Practical Use
In this Discussion, you will practice the negotiation skills and strategies you have learned. Using the fictional scenario provided, role-play the conflict with a friend, family member, coworker, or anyone willing to participate.
To begin, you and your partner will each select one of the employees mentioned in the scenario below. Provide your partner with a copy of the scenario and try to work out your conflict using negotiation skills and strategies you have learned thus far. No experience or knowledge of conflict is needed for your partner's character. Simply read the scenario and prepare to role-play.
Scenario
Two employees, Brian and Jon work in the same enclosed office and there are no other spaces available where either could be shifted. They are becoming increasingly frustrated about how to share the space and be productive. Brian likes to work with the door open, but Jon likes the door closed. Brian tends to shift tasks frequently, talking on his cell phone or speaking to people going by, while Jon prefers to do one task at a time. Jon tends to talk to himself as he is working. Jon also likes to put large sticky notes on the wall to visualize what he is working on, while Brian works primarily on his computer. Brian likes to spread a number of different items out to refer to as he is working and tends to leave them on the floor and all around his desk until he is finished. Both are claiming that each other's work habits are preventing the other from working to full capacity.
To prepare for this Discussion, pay particular attention to the following Learning Resources:
Review this Learning Resources, especially:
a) How to Negotiate Effectively? - Bing video
b) Are You Ready to Negotiate? (harvard.edu)
c) What is Negotiation? - Introduction to Negotiation | SkillsYouNeed
Task:
Respond to at least two of your peers' postings in one or more of the following ways:
• Compare the strategies you used within the role-playing activity versus the strategies your peer used. Did you both approach the conflict in the same way? If not, what was different? Did one strategy provide a better resolution than the other? What advice can you give your peer on how to approach this type of conflict differently?
• Did your peer's experience reveal any surprises or improvements you can take away and use to improve your future conflict negotiations?
The response must include a reference list. Using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, double-space, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.