No-win situation

away from litigation. If we had taken the “rights” approach it would have led to a distributive agreement, whereby fundamentally “there is a winner and a loser”. Which was not the scenario that I was interested in as I was attempting to find a win-win situation in settling the dispute. An alternative approach would have focusing on power, whereby the “parties try to coerce each other into making concessions that each would not otherwise do” (Brett, Goldberg). This was not an option as this most…

According to the FAR competitive range identifies proposals that have a reasonable chance of being selected for award of a contract. Competitive range is the qualified range of offers for a competitive procurement. Competitive range is outlined in FAR Part 15 and requires the contracting officer (KO) to determine a competitive range of the most highly rated proposals. A competitive range is determined on the basis of the ratings of each proposal against all evaluation factors. The KO may limit…

Negotiation Analysis Negotiation Tsai Tzong-Fang (Kelly) I have stayed in Chicago for seven months. Everything like housing, school works, livelihood and so on are going well. However, I found something really inconvenient when I go to Costco or Target to buy some daily necessities. I always have to carry lots of stuffs home after purchase. I feel so tired about that especially in this chilly weather. Therefore, I decided to buy a car to solve this problem. Then, I asked my friends and parents…

Introduction Aung San Suu Kyi is a Myanmarian human rights advocate who championed non-violent opposition to Burma’s (Myanmar) military government and helped establish the National League for Democracy (NLD). Despite being Burman by birth, Suu Kyi was educated overseas and until the late 1980’s lived in the UK with her husband and children. However on a return visit to Burma, Suu Kyi observed police terror, political turmoil and calls for democratic reform in the country. These were emphasized…

Burma (Myanmar) was an independent for the last 14 years until the rise of the military dictatorship which led them being isolated from their country. Burma is known to be the second most isolated country in the world due to the large part of the military dictatorship. The reason why I chose this topic is because my parents, my aunt, and my uncle grew up there. When I was a child, I never understood the background story or the life of Myanmar that my parents told me. Even today, I still do not…

Winkler-Reid states that "Friendships are personal, private, and voluntary relationships..." (167). Critics can say that Winkler-Reid quote is the reason why they think Martin and Tommy doesn’t have a real friendship because Tommy brought Cole into the situation and Cole has nothing to do with their problem. But Martin and Tommy argument has nothing to do with their friendship because in all friendship there has been a big argument and not in all friendship both people are on the same page all…

family matters and having Nancy as head of the household. Nancy also maintains her feminist sex appeal through her wardrobe and sometimes scandalous actions. The show also used her sex appeal to her advantage in certain situations, it even got her out of trouble in some situations. Weeds discriminates against all races and stereotypes mocking their lifestyle and habits. The characters’ roles are over exaggerated making their characteristics stand out to the audience even more. The three…

America’s favorite sitcom, Full House, was dearly missed after having a very successful run for eight seasons. While the show came to an end in 1995, according to Business Insider “not only had Full House anchored ABC's Friday night comedies and stayed on top for most of its seasons, but it's still airing 40 times a week in repeats” (Nededog 1). The popular show had many fans hoping that there would be a reunion for years. Fortunately for them, there was, however, a little different from a…

It is horrifying to see people dumbstrucked watching television for hours and repeat the same absurd routine every day. The poet expresses his uneasiness with the situation in the poem. The Qur’an mentions about time management in Surah Al-‘Asr verses 1-3, “By time. Indeed mankind is in loss. Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience…

experienced great denial of human and civil rights and witnessed violent suppression of protesters, who also suffered lengthy imprisonment and torture. Suu Kyi took a stand in history by defying the military-ruled government controlled by General Ne Win. Through this stance, Suu Kyi would inspire immediate social change by forcing the government to respect human rights and realized a lasting political impact through the creation of a democracy in Burma. Suu Kyi’s story started when she endured…