DEALING WITH AN UNEXPECTED EVENT You're setting up a meeting with your team to strategize about your rival MDCO Inc. when your colleague Brett walks into your office. "Brixmortar has just threatened to break their contract and walk off the job in Europe," he tells you in a slightly panicked tone. Brixmortar is the construction company in charge of building your overseas facilities. A few years ago, ELX Labs decided to build additional research and manufacturing facilities overseas to expand its global reach. Being a good manager, you expected and planned for some issues while scaling up, but construction problems have escalated over the past year -- and it seems now they have suddenly come to a head. Brixmortar pulling out of the contract would not only cost time and money in the short term, but would also hinder your long-term negotiating positions. With GN-Tech's entrance into the Minichol market fast approaching, you need to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. You need to find a way to prevent Brixmortar from pulling out, as its departure will also hurt your credibility in the market. Select an option from the choices below

Leak to the press that ELX Labs' relationship with Brixmortar has gotten rocky, making sure to highlight the flaws you see in Brixmortar's handling of this project to shame the company into finishing what it started.

Threaten legal action if Brixmortar pulls out of the existing contract. If Brixmortar fears a long and potentially expensive lawsuit, they are more apt to abide by their existing deal.

Revise the current plan to incentivize Brixmortar to finish by the due date. If the company can meet that due date, it gets a bonus and/or you'll give it the contract for additional overseas facilities in the future.