MGT 450

I believe the entire podcast provided meaningful historical insight, especially how an elementary level computer, simple thought experiment, and a few great minds could come together and create a set of strategies that could be applied on a global scale. I enjoyed the linkage between the  tactics of the players of the game and tactics of soldiers at war. The players of the game were initially laid out to help listeners better understand the global application. For example “ Tester” tests limits to see how much deflecting they can get away with ,when it gets screwed over a lot it stops cooperating all together. “Jesus” always does good, “Lucifer” always does bad. They tied this a historical event, in which one group of soldiers unintentionally did an act of good and encouraged their opposition to do the same thing; this resulted in a short truce and the realization that moral cooperation exist. Knowing this encourages me to assume others have an underlying intention to do what’s rig...

I would first determine her long-term goals and figure out what she was attempting to accomplish while living here. For the sake of the assignment I will assume her goals are to live together until graduation and be on time with her utility payment. You must understand what the root problem at hand is so we can effectively, and explicitly address it. Our common goal would be to live together as friends and maintain a hassle free relationship with one another and the leasing office. It is important to establish common goals that are void of “blame”. You should steer clear of blaming the person you’re collaborating with as to not insult them or the relationship. I understand that her issue stems from financial downfalls and  poor hygiene practices. I can assume these are issues that deeply affect her and she needs support and motivation to do feel and do better. She has expressed an interest in working on these issues and maintaining our relationship, so next we’ll find a course of a...

Only when we analyze our tendencies to be be naive, and where we fall short can we make a well-rounded self-examination. A good self examination includes an identification of behavioral integrity errors and a good leader will work to optimize and manage these errors. Being naive can greatly effect a negotiation in negative ways. The first being, ending up on the losing end of a negotiation, which should be win-win meditations. It is easy to become unable to negotiate for the true value of something when you do not know what that value is in the first place. An individual who is naive or ignorant of such value could over-inflate this value because of a personal attachment, or worse unintentionally devalue the item and in this case "lose out" on a fair negotiation. Being confused about a priority can also cause one to negotiate in a naive manner. Without proper research on alternative courses of action, nature of the negotiation, and an inclusive (for everyone involved an affec...