111 Chapter 4 Integrative Negotiations Exercise 4-3 Home for the Holidays Instructions: us exercise gives vou an opportunity to identify and evaluate alternatives for assign- g employees to work over the holidays (e.g., Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years). For each of the industry examples below, identify alternatives and the advantages and disadvantages of cach, Identify the best alternative and be prepared to discuss the rationale for your recommendations, Be sure to consider the nature of the work involved and the particular situation. Industry: Retail You are responsible for scheduling employees at a major grocery store located in a small college town. There are a few emplovees who live in the area year-round but most are college students who are not from the area. The store is open 365 days per year-the only one in the area that is open every day, and customers have come to rely on it for their last-minute holiday needs. All employees, and you, want time off to be with their families. Your store director has asked vou to consider alternatives for meeting the staff- ing needs for the upcoming holiday season and make a recommendation that is fair to all employees. You need to develop a proposal that works for everyone and prepare to present it to the store director. Alternatives Disadvantages Advantages Recommendation: Rationale: (continued) 112 Part Il Negoliation Processes Industry: Hospitality You are the assistant general manager for one of three restaurants in a hotel. The hotel is open every day and needs to provide food service for its guests. Historically, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day have been slow days; however, New Year's Eve is very busy. Most of the employees are young and often travel to spend time with their families over the holidays. The general manager has asked you to develop a staffing plan for the upcoming holidays that meets the needs of the hotel while being fair to all the employees. Alternatives Disadvantages Advantages Recommendation: Rationale: 113 Integrative Negotiations Chapter 4 Industry: Hospital You are the ties is to schedu hurse in a critical care unit of a hospital One of your responsibili- Sencral, everyone trics to avoid scheduling major surgeries that require the patient to spend postoperative lime in the critical care unit just before the holidays. Unfortunately, hergencies are quite unpredictable and sometimes the patient load becomes unex- Pectedly heavy, which weguires you to schedule some people to work a normal shift nd others to be on call in case there is an unplarned need. While most emplovees live earby, a nuUmber of them bave families out of towrn and like to travel to see them over he holidays. Identify aliernatives for mecting the staffing needs and prepare to make a recommendation to thr director of nursing- RNs, LPNS, and nurses' aides to provide care for patients 24-7. In Disadvantages Alternatives Advantages Recommendation: Rationale: 111 Chapter 4 Integrative Negotiations Exercise 4-3 Home for the Holidays Instructions: us exercise gives vou an opportunity to identify and evaluate alternatives for assign- g employees to work over the holidays (e.g., Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years). For each of the industry examples below, identify alternatives and the advantages and disadvantages of cach, Identify the best alternative and be prepared to discuss the rationale for your recommendations, Be sure to consider the nature of the work involved and the particular situation. Industry: Retail You are responsible for scheduling employees at a major grocery store located in a small college town. There are a few emplovees who live in the area year-round but most are college students who are not from the area. The store is open 365 days per year-the only one in the area that is open every day, and customers have come to rely on it for their last-minute holiday needs. All employees, and you, want time off to be with their families. Your store director has asked vou to consider alternatives for meeting the staff- ing needs for the upcoming holiday season and make a recommendation that is fair to all employees. You need to develop a proposal that works for everyone and prepare to present it to the store director. Alternatives Disadvantages Advantages Recommendation: Rationale: (continued) 112 Part Il Negoliation Processes Industry: Hospitality You are the assistant general manager for one of three restaurants in a hotel. The hotel is open every day and needs to provide food service for its guests. Historically, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day have been slow days; however, New Year's Eve is very busy. Most of the employees are young and often travel to spend time with their families over the holidays. The general manager has asked you to develop a staffing plan for the upcoming holidays that meets the needs of the hotel while being fair to all the employees. Alternatives Disadvantages Advantages Recommendation: Rationale: 113 Integrative Negotiations Chapter 4 Industry: Hospital You are the ties is to schedu hurse in a critical care unit of a hospital One of your responsibili- Sencral, everyone trics to avoid scheduling major surgeries that require the patient to spend postoperative lime in the critical care unit just before the holidays. Unfortunately, hergencies are quite unpredictable and sometimes the patient load becomes unex- Pectedly heavy, which weguires you to schedule some people to work a normal shift nd others to be on call in case there is an unplarned need. While most emplovees live earby, a nuUmber of them bave families out of towrn and like to travel to see them over he holidays. Identify aliernatives for mecting the staffing needs and prepare to make a recommendation to thr director of nursing- RNs, LPNS, and nurses' aides to provide care for patients 24-7. In Disadvantages Alternatives Advantages Recommendation: Rationale