October 5, 2008

it seems as though the two sides in the simulation experienced things a bit differently. The union side seemed to pretty much "get into it" almost from the first time we met with the Board side. Truly, the biggest reason we were so into things was that meeting with the Board seemed to make things more and more difficult to even get through the simulation. For whatever reason, we were never sure if they were being intentionally confusing or if they were themselves confused :)

Regardless, it was an interesting experience. I do hope that Dr. Closen takes a moment to tidy up the simulation materials. It seems a bit difficult to approach it realistically if both sides are not using the same numbers. This was pretty much impossible as some of the numbers seemed to be made up "on the fly" as the spreadsheet and the simulation description contradicted each other.

It was fun, though. And, it was very interesting being on the opposite side of where I was this past summer. I truly wish I had this class prior to being on the Board negotiation team. Soooooo many more things would have made sense at the time.