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For this weeks blog, I was intrigued to listen to the podcast named “Tit for Tat” and write about it. First, I like the freedom to write anything I’m thinking about it, how I feel about it, etc. second, I think podcasts are a great way to explain something deeper and allow me to just listen to what is being said. This podcast was all about the prisoner’s dilemma and how it isn’t just a game, but it happened it history and happens everyday in society. In the 60s, a computer scientist began this theory or idea about tit for tat and made it a game. He had over 200 different computerized games made by different programs to play this game. When I thought about how many different choices and ways this could go, it blew my mind. There were more than 200 different programs to even begin which made me think about how many different choices there are in the real world that deal with cooperation or retaliation like this game did. Hen they brought up history and how the prisoners dilemma pertains ...

Negotiation Checklist , Leigh Bultema-Manager of Robust Router Salary for associate product manager: 30 pts max (If joe wants full product manager title, starting salary would be 80,000 with no exception; he was offered 96,000 for associate product manager) 70,000-30 75,000-27 80,000-25 88,000-15 100,000-0 Start date: 25 pts max (If start in June 1st, then bump signing bonus to 16,000) June 1st- 25 June 7th- 20 June 14th-10 June 21st- 5 Signing bonus: 15 pts max (Offered 15,000, will go up to 16,000 if start date is June 1st) 10,000-15 15,000-12 16,000-10 17,000-5 Relocation: 10 pts max (Offered 5,000 but will go up to 10,000) 5,000-10 6,500-8 8,000-7 9,500-5 10,000-3 Annual bonus: 10 pts max (no more than 10%, will only apply to the first year and will be prorated to the start date) 5%-10 10%-8 15%-3 20%-0 Stock options: 10 pts max (Was offered 1000 options but is eligible to receive 500 incentive ...

In order to create a collaborative strategy and implement it, some things need to be taken into account. Both the outcome and the relationship are important. Therefore in this situation with my roommates, I need to make sure I am focused on both our relationship but also a good outcome. I could apply this strategy in the following ways. The first step is identify the problem. The problem is that my roommates and I are having issues paying our utility bill on time. This is causing me to take the fall for them and set out more money in order to cover them until they pay it back. Our goal is to get the utility bill paid for on time and to keep our apartment clean. The next step is understand the problem. There can be many different things that are causing my roommates to be late to pay the bill. For example, they could be short on money because of school, just lost their job, or have some other financial trouble that I truly don’t know about or understand. My interest to pay the bill on t...

According to naive realism, the world tends to perceive things strictly by our senses and immediate reactions. We literally understand things by the way our minds interpret them by seeing them for how it physically is. By having an understanding of this concept, negotiations can be thought to be seen free of biases and allow all to see with an open mind. However, this is just a tendency and can be far from what really happens when negotiating. Naive realism becomes a wall for thinking about other's perceptions. Negotiation requires one to see the basic things as they are; no biases, no blind spots, no tricks. Does that always or even sometimes happen? Definitely not. We use our minds by what it gives us; immediate perceptions and reactions. Sometimes we can't rewind and see things strictly for what it is without opinions, etc. However, having naive realism when negotiating may prove to be beneficial to some, because you aren't seeing things for opinions but because of how i...