This exercise involves two short vignettes about negotiation situations within organizations. In each situation, the protagonist has a challenging negotiation that involves getting the other person to negotiate seriously. In the first one, a health care agency director is negotiating with her CEO for a promotion. In the second one, a pharmaceutical company executive is negotiating with an executive from a partner company about a joint venture in South America. Both situations involve challenges associated with overcoming resistance and getting one’s proposals heard.
Vignette#1 : Cynthia’s Challenge