Can I Have 10 Chocol- I Mean, Snake Eggs in Total Please?

Throughout this week, we practiced negotiating by trying to come up with win-win solutions within our assigned groups.

The Oranges

For the two oranges, my partner Joki and I decided that I keep 1.5 of the oranges and make one small cake whilst Joki had half of the orange to drink. We both agreed and I personally thought it was a win-win solution but after listening to the group talk about using the outerside of the orange for the cake and the inside for the drink, I realized that our solution was not a win-win but a rather compromise.

The chocol- cough* I Mean Snake Eggs

For the snake eggs, Masamune(buyer 1) and I(buyer 2) decided to divide the eggs so we would both get the parts we wanted. Maki(seller) agreed to this but later on we discussed if this were the real world, Maki would have totally dumped me and let Masamune have the 10 whole eggs because that way, she would have gotten more money.


I guess in both of these situations, we realize that in reality, there is always greed involving negotiations and that is the root for why companies, countries, people never reach a solution that is fair for both parties.

 This reminded me of my high school experience in being part of the Model United Nations club. It was basically just us participating in international youth conferences as ambassadors and such.
  Here's an image!

 Anyways, for my first conference, I was representing the PLO(Palestinian Liberal Organization.) We discussed food security for the Palestinian refugees and throughout the conference, we agreed to many plans that would help our country. However, problem was,,,nobody represented Israel. I still don't know why the faculty didn't let anyone represent Israel but still, I couldn't help but think it would probably have been close to impossible for us to make even one solution if Israel were there.

Negotiations are hard...especially if you want a win-win solution. However, it is possible to have a solution that is quite close to a win-win if we follow the sheet Ken handed out.
We need to gather as much information as we can and find out to what extent of a compromise would still count as a win-win for all...if that makes sense:)

I look forward to having more of these negotiation-classes!