Response to Discussions negotiation and conflicts management

There are a total of ten steps in negotiation planning. The task at hand is planning a negotiation convincing people to revoke the ability to smoke in public places. This is the first step where the goal of negotiation is defined. The second step is the listing of major issues in the negotiation. The smoker group usually put forward an argument that their right to smoking freedom is infringed upon. Another important issue is that the previous attempts to impose such a law failed in the Kentucky general assembly. The third step is defining of the weighted importance of each of the issues at hand. The most devastating impact smoking will have is the rise in second hand smoking. People who are not interested in smoking will end up inhaling the smoke and damage their lungs. Another thing is kids will be greatly influenced by this and also their health will be affected because of passive smoking. Some kids will die of sudden infant death syndrome as a result of passive smoking. The fourth step is the defining of the interest. In this case, the whole people of Kentucky have their interest in giving their children a smoke free world. The next step is the defining of alternatives or BATNAs. The best alternative is allow people in designated smoking areas within the open spaces. Such restrictive allowing of smoking will help in reducing passive smoking(Jones, 2015). The sixth step is defining of limits and a resistance point. In this case, a resistance point would be school zones. No smoking can be allowed in school zones and hospital zones. This will at least help in protecting our young and weak. The seventh step is the understanding of the other party’s goals. The other party in this scenario is the tobacco companies and the lawmakers that are backed by them. Their main goal is to maximize the usage of tobacco. The tobacco companies wage a proxy war by talking about the infringement of smoker’s freedom. The eighth step is the opening bid. In this case, the opening bid is asking for state wide smoking ban in all public places. The ninth step is the assessment of the social context of the negotiation. In this case, there are several people who are victims of passive smoking and that sets the social context(Hoffman, 2012). The last step is outlines how the issues will be presented to the other party. This can be done by making a strong case by bringing kids who are suffering from tragic illness due to passive smoking.

References:

Jones, A. M., Laporte, A., Rice, N., & Zucchelli, E. (2015). Do public smoking bans have an impact on active smoking? evidence from the UK. Health Economics, 24(2), 175. Retrieved from https://0-search-proquest-com.library.acaweb.org/docview/1646330721?accountid=9864

Hofmann, A., & Nell, M. (2012). Smoking bans and the secondhand smoking problem: An economic analysis. The European Journal of Health Economics : HEPAC, 13(3), 227-36. doi:http://0-dx.doi.org.library.acaweb.org/10.1007/s10198-011-0341-z