Creting a simple Agenda. In this approach , one party proposes a complete agenda that contains all the issues to be discussed. The issues are then discussed and resolved one at a time, in the order the initiator proposed them. This process works well for meetings, conferences, or negotiations where there are no significant disagreements about the issues or no interrelated or linked issues or where significant individual advantage cannot be gained through sequencing. However, this approach to agenda formation may not be acceptable for complex topics, where issues must be linked in order to create solutions, or where conflict is high. Gulliver (1979) notes that the simple agenda approach often tends to subvert the ordering of items almost immediately in serious conflict situations. If parties feel locked into a simple agenda by premature procedural agreements, they may use manipulative stalling tactics to gain leverage on items later in the agenda.