Reflective essay

Please assist with drafting a reflective essay.

Assessment Type Essay This assignment assesses students' ability to reflect on the preparation, processes, Purpose strategies, and outcomes of the group negotiation undertaken in Week 10. It requires linking your practical experiences from that negotiation to the concepts, theories, and readings introduced throughout the course. You will write an individual reflective essay on your experiences from doing the group Enterprise Bargaining negotiation in our Week 10 class. Your essay should reflect on the preparations undertaken, the strategies developed in advance (and how useful these ultimately proved to be), the critical incidents from the negotiation, and any other aspects or observations that were relevant to the eventual outcomes achieved. Description You must link what happened in your negotiation to the literature (i.e., key concepts, theories, and evidence), so that you can explain and interpret your own experiences, rather than just describing what you saw. The task here is not merely to "tell the story" of how your negotiation played out, but to critically reflect on your experiences, using the literature to "make sense" of what happened, develop your own learning and skills, and, ultimately, make informed conclusions about the practicalities of negotiation as a mechanism of joint action. Detailed guidelines on how to approach this reflective assignment are provided below. Weighting 40% Length 2500 words (+/-10%)Some suggested questions and issues to reflect on in your essay follow. Note, this is not an exhaustive list of topics - you can bring in other points if you want to - it is meant to prompt your own thinking and reflection: . Describe your approach and strategies in preparing for the negotiation (link to the literature) . What were your expectations of the other side? Did your strategies and calculations match what you eventually saw, in terms of their bargaining range, expected concessions, positions, power? . Did you try, and if so, how did you try, to influence and shape the bargaining "climate"? . What was your bargaining range on each of the items, and how did you work to reach a negotiated settlement? If you were not able to get an agreement on a particular item, why was that? . Were there any notable differences in the group dynamics/expectations in relation to the theories of negotiation and what actually happened in your negotiation and its outcomes? . What were the critical incidents - and why were these critical? . What would you do differently if you could do this negotiation over again?! . What conclusions have you drawn about the process of negotiation generally, as mechanism for conflict resolution?How and where to start 1. First, go back to your group's Negotiation Plan [Dossier]. How did you approach the negotiation? What did you hope or intend to get out of it? What strategy did you adopt and what outcomes were you aiming for, individually and as a group? 2. Thenr take a look at the notes you {hopefullyjotted down straight after the negotiation on 18 September. Use that one-page document I handed out on the day {this one i J, which invited you start reecting on the "critical incidents". 3. Next, scroll back up and re-read the details on this page, about the purpose of the assignment and what it is asking you to do. Read through the above list of suggested topics or questions and think about how you might answer them in light of your planning for, and immediate recollections after, the negotiation. Don't feel too restricted by the list of suggested questions - you don't have to answer all of them, and you may have other points that were important that aren't mentioned on the list - that is ne, go for it. | always encourage you to bring a bit ofcreative air, if you can'. 4. Have a look, thenr at the marking rubric for this essay, below. Again, that will give you some idea of the elements I'm looking for and how they are weighted. 5. Finally, check out this extract i from a previous Reective Essay. This is an example of a high-quality submission from several years ago, from a different negotiation. It is intended as a guide, not a template. Note in particular that this is an extract; some parts of the full assignment were removed, and thus its word count is lower than what you need for your assignment. But it is a nice example of how to relate details of your own experience to negotiation theories and concepts, in order to develop critical reections on and convincing conclusions about the whole process