week 6

Week 6

 In class, we did a activity involving an author and a publishing company. The contract discussion was the main topic with in the activity.  My part in the activity is to be the agent of the best selling author and give the author the best contract that complies with their interest. This negotiation was bit rough. The interest for the my client and the publishing company's did not coincide with one another.  The negotiation was time consuming. There were points in the list I valued over the others. I figured they will not give me all the request I wanted so I ask for the second highest option just to maximize my total points.  It was tough, the representatives of the publishing companies were looking to give my client a cheap deal with no advance but have high printing. Overall, it took time to negotiate a good deal I end up with having my client with $15000, with $5000 in advance and with 10% royalties. My total points in the in class exercise was 18700. In comparison to the class I was somewhere close to the middle. Overall, I'm glad I end up with a good deal than what they was trying to give my client. The only way I was  going to leave without making a deal, if they did not come up with a better deal in a matter of time. 

week 4

week 4



In this negotiation, I was negotiating as the plant manager for Phillips Plant. I had to settle the price I was willing to pay for the 12 different modules. The person representing as the manager of the Crawley Plant that is selling me the modules was pretty reasonable. He work with me on certain request and in return I did the same for him. We both agree to share the cost of repairing of the faulty modules. The managers also had a consensus on the Phillips plant will be responsible to pay for the faulty modules other than the 12 modules that fall below the 95% level. The Crawley plant agreed to pay the expense of the faulty modules of the 12 types. Also, the Crawley plant will handle the matter of 12 types of faulty modules.  I will handle the remaining 40 types of faulty modules. The negotiation was very smooth. It did not take a long time to figure how the responsibilities was going to be split.  We learned how to cooperate and make decisions that benefited both parties.

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My name is Robert Moore and I've recently became a Management major. I was previously a Finance major, Unfortunately, I did not do too well the previous semester and it provoked me to switch majors. Management was my second choice after Finance.  I want to have the intelligence on taxes and investments as well as have the knowledge to run a business. I told myself that if finance do not work out for me I was going to try Management. I made it to my senior year in finance, but my GPA was well under a 2.0, and management I did good in the management classes that I've took in the past, so I am willing to give this major a shot. Also, I've manage to work full time 40 hours a week job and having to work mandatory overtime for Amazon, I was not engaged in class because of the lack of sleep I was getting. It was horrible. I am looking to make a change so I can graduate on time and finally get out of school.  I've enjoyed my time at Shippensburg, but I know it's time for me to go and start my life post graduation.  I am ready for to start my life as an adult on own and find some special people to stick around for the rest of my life.