Module 2 – SLP
NEGOTIATION STYLE, INFLUENCE, AND CONFLICT
As the owner of a small electrical company, you are hopeful
you will be able to get OSHA’s area director to be willing to substantially
decrease the $14,000 penalty you received.
That is a lot of money and goes directly against your bottom line. You
are confident that you have a good argument for the area director to throw out
two of the citations.
In preparation for the informal settlement conference with
OSHA’s Area Director, you decide to have a talk with the foreman of the site
and you learn that the General Contractor’s superintendent at the site was
rather rude to the OSHA Compliance Officer during the inspection. He then confesses that he, himself was not
all that nice either.
In talking to a number of contractors who have had dealings
with OSHA, you also discover that the Area Director is not the ‘jerk’ the
framing contractor made her out to be (as described in Module 1), but is far
from a ‘push-over’ in negotiations. What
you have learned is that she tends to focus on the facts of the case, but tends
to be less accommodating when she or her compliance officers are not treated
with the respect they deserve as federal officers. You have also learned that
she can be impressed by companies who are committed to safety.
After reviewing your readings (and the scenario-related
materials from Module 1, discuss your negotiation style and how you plan to
present your case to the area director.
SLP Assignment Expectations
Answer questions with clarity.
Show depth and breadth to enhance the quality of your paper.
Search in our library to find some papers/articles to
support your argument and show them in the reference list.
Turn in your 2-page paper by the module due date.
