The Decision Making Process

The decision making exercise we had in class to come up with an alternative way of grading our first exam was a lot more difficult than expected. I really thought that it would be simple to get everyone in the class to agree on a higher grade which would benefit us all. Our class discussion was pretty chaotic and I chose to use collaboration in bargaining and negotiating with all the classmates. This method seemed to be the most reasonable because in a situation where tensions were so high people could easily become aggravated and decide not to cooperate if I had been too aggressive. Given the information on pattern of communication that I now possess I could have also chosen to compromise a bit more in order to facilitate the process.