Labor Relations: The Meet and Confer Process

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Rank and Evaluate Options with Standards

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Achieve Agreement

4. Techniques The Techniques used in interest-based bargaining include:

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Active Listening

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Brainstorming

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Consensus Seeking

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Idea Charting/Group Memory

Brainstorming is a technique for group generation of ideas. It is an informal but structured process used to generate as many ideas as possible solutions to a problem.

Brainstorming involves several steps:

 Define the problem or questions, making sure that every group member has a clear and accurate understanding;

 Write the problem or question on a flip chart so that all group members can see it;

 Ask group members to present their ideas for solving the problem or answering the questions without evaluating responses; and

 Record each idea on chart paper exactly as it is offered.

6. R ULES OF B RAINSTORMING

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Make No Criticism

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Judging is Forbidden

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Focus on Likes

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Be Free-Wheeling

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Use Imagination

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Take Risks

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Go for Quantity

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More Ideas the Better

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More Variety the Better

 Combine—Expand—Hitch-Hike Ideas

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Build on Others’ Ideas

a. Advantages of the Interest-Based Bargaining Approach Interest-based bargaining has a number of advantages, including:

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