BA 366 Final Study Guide

Distributive Negotiations

-Often referred to as "win-lose" negotiations
-Involves competition over who will get the most of a limited resource (often money)
-Distributive tactics are useful when the relationship with the other party is not very important
-ALWAYS Pareto Efficient

BATNA

-What you will do (or what will happen) if you do not reach an agreement
-Best Alternative To a Negotiated Agreement
-A STRONG BATNA improves your bargaining position
-A WEAK BATNA makes it difficult to walk away from a negotiation

When your BATNA is weak...

1. Improve your BATNA
-Sellers: Identify additional buyers
-Buyers: Identify additional sellers
2. Find out the other party's BATNA
-Research (internet, business publications, public findings, etc)
-Questioning (direct, indirect)
3. If you have no alterna

Reservation Point

The least favorable point at which you will accept a deal

ZOPA

-(Zone Of Potential Agreement)
-Range in which a deal that satisfies both parties can take place
-Exists if there is overlap between reservations prices

Target Point

The point at which you WANT to reach agreement
-For buyers, the target point is almost always lower than the reservation price
-For sellers, the target point is almost always higher than the reservation price

Settlement Point

-People what this to be as close to the other party's reservation point as possible
-Lies within the ZOPA

Bargaining Mix

Negotiations often require agreement on numerous issues

Credible

To be effective, threats must be perceived as ____________

Social Proof

People follow the lead of similar others

Reciprocity

Give what you want to receive

Storming

During this stage, group members become more authentic and argumentative

Cohesion

The degree of camaraderie in the group

Social Loafing

The tendency of individuals to put in less effort when working in a group

Pooled Interdependence

Collective Efficacy

A group's perception of its ability to successfully perform well

Legitimate Power

Power derived from authority of position

Coercive Power

Power derived from control through sanctions or punishment

Expert Power

-Power is personal rather than organizational
-Expertise, skill, or knowledge

Referent Power

-Desirable personal traits
-Power is personal rather than organizational

Reward Power

A person is able to give special benefits or bonuses to you have this type of power

Laissez-Faire

Avoiding leadership responsibilities

Intellectual Stimulation

Stimulating creativity by questioning assumptions and challenging the status quo

Individualized Consideration

Attending to individual needs of followers

Idealized Influence

Behaving in ways that earn the admiration, trust, and respect of followers...charisma

Management by Exception - Passive

Intervening only when problem becomes serious

Centralization

The degree to which decision making power is concentrated at higher levels in an organization

Span of Control

________ refers to the number of employees reporting to a manager

Formalization

The degree to which rules, policies, and procedures are written down

Matrix Organization

-Combines functional and divisional/product departmentalization
-Breaks unity of command principle

Organic Model

-3M has this type of organizational structure
-Cross functional and cross level teams
-Free information flow
-Wide SOC
-Decentralization
-Low formalization

Mechanistic Model

-High specialization
-Rigid departmentalization
-Clear chain of command
-Narrow SOC
-Centralization
-High formalization

Organizational Culture

Shared social knowledge within an organization regarding the rules, norms, and values that shape the attitudes and behaviors of its employees

Artifacts

Visible organizational structures and processes are referred to as _________.

ROWE (Results Only Work Environment)

The specific outcome-oriented work environment at Best Buy

4 ways that culture is maintained in an organization

Attraction-Selection-Attrition
Onboarding
Leadership
Rewards

Service-Oriented Culture

Four Seasons was presented as an example of this type of culture...

Servant Leadership

The CEO of Malden Mills was to illustrate which leadership approach

Pareto Efficient

An allocation is _________________ if there is NO other allocation in which some party is better off and no party is worse off

Process Losses

Getting less from the team than you would expect according to the capabilities of individual members

Task Conflict

Conflict over how work should be completed within a group or team

Task Force

A temporary team which is asked to address a specific issue or problem until it is resolved

Punctuated Equilibrium

Negotiation

A process of reciprocal influence that occurs when two or more individuals who seek to reach an agreement as to the resources or behaviors each will provide or receive from the other