I need help with this case. I am in a management position at a university and need to figure out how to increase the capacity in class size.

You're on the management team at a University.

Issue: Classroom Sizes

Management Position:

WE need to increase the number of students in classrooms to maximum capacity: 30-50. Right now the lowest number in the class can't go below 10.It's been this way for years. WE want to adjust that to 30 or the class doesn't run (target point).

Explore the following questions to build your case:

Why would we want to insist on doing this? How will it benefit the college/students/other stakeholders?

What would the unions position be? What arguments would they have? Do you have a counter argument for it?

What would help our argument?

What is our resistance point? Initial position?