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Reflection Paper On Negotiation

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Negotiation
Negotiation Individual Reflection
Question Prompts
(Maximum of 4 pages, single spaced)

Please fully address each of the five question prompts below. Use specific (but brief) examples to illustrate your insights, where appropriate. Please do not fall into the trap of describing what you said, and then what they said, and then what you said, and then what they said, and then what you said, and so on….. (this is evidence of a weak response). Where appropriate, make connections to our course readings and discussions.

Your name: Kelsey Christensen (Attorney for Mark Trask)

Negotiation activity name: Hiring a Consultant: Mark Trask and Top Foods, Inc.

Name(s) of your negotiation activity counterpart(s) (and if applicable, …show more content…

This would give me insight into how I would approach the different types of employment opportunities and what conditions came with them. I strategized that if Top Foods first offered permanent employment, then I would negotiate for lower rates. However, if permanent employment was only conditioned on the proving of a successful campaign, then I was going to go for a hirer pay rate. Furthermore, after hopefully learning the type of employment that Top Foods was looking for, I was going to move onto how much control my client would have in terms of the marketing plan. I strategized to start with my client’s wishes to have full control over the marketing plan, but given the unlikeliness of that happening, I was going to comeback with the idea that Top Foods could review the plan and ask for any revision to be made. Thus, letting the negotiation unfold from that point.

Ultimately, throughout the negotiation, I strategized to keep emphasizing my theory that my client had successfully created other marketing plans for Asian inspired foods in the past. I hoped to show through stressing this that Top Foods had found an asset to its company and the right person to hire for this type of work. I hoped to methodically go through each issue between the two parties and touch on each one in order to come to an agreement that would be suitable to each side. 2. How well did

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