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Post Negotiation Analysis Les Florets Essay

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Post negotiation Analysis of Les Florets Case
This case particularly resonates with me because it highlights the problems that arise when two individuals have reference points which do not overlap. An impasse was reached between myself (VP of operations for Les Florets) and the Restaurant owner and this was primarily due to the fact that we both had reference points with a ceiling which we felt we could not exceed.
Going into this negotiation as the VP of operations my goal was to primarily succeed in buying the restaurant. Prior to starting the negotiation, i identified several certain non monetary concessions that could be made to sweeten the deal such as paying a percentage of travel expenses, and also allowing the restaurant owner …show more content…

I explained that one of the primary reasons why the restaurant seemed to be doing so well was because of the brand name of Les Florets and that we could just easily open another restaurant across the street if we wanted to but that we wanted a semblance of continuity for our customers . Although I expected this ploy to work it seemed to make things worse as the owner retorted that he had several offers on the table and could just easily sell the restaurant or any one and let that person worry about keeping the Les Florets name and maintaining its profitability and that won't be his problem. At this point I was in a dilemma , having resorted to strong arm tactics and failed miserably (primarily because the owner wanted to test my resolve) was there a way to get back into favor?
There were several factors that culminated into the ultimate inability to reach an agreement. Firstly, was the differing priorities of both parties , while I was focused on reaching a deal and considered an impasse to be a ''failure'' , the other party was more focused on money and all the benefits offered '' paled in comparison'' as mentioned by the owner compared to the money foregone. Secondly, the owner seemed to want the property independently valued and then sell at this price. Knowing that the valuation was more than I could offer, I could not agree to this and this

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