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pepyto · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

At the beginning of a brainstorming session, the manager lists the rules to be followed. Which rule should be included and enforced?

1. Do not suggest any solution that is prohibitively expensive.
2. Suggest only ideas that the group has not already tried.
3. Do not critique any ideas presented.
4. Limit the session to the first 15 ideas.

Question 2

The staff nurses and nursing administration are attempting to construct a method of scheduling meeting the needs of both the clients and the nursing personnel.

Because nurses and nursing administration have experienced conflict about the issue, their intent is to arrive at an agreeable solution between both parties. This process best exemplifies: 1. Negotiation.
2. Accommodation.
3. Forcing.
4. Consensus.

yuyiding · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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Rationale 1: While all organizations are governed by a budget, what is prohibitive to one committee member may not be so to another. All solutions should be expressed.
Rationale 2: Sometimes an old solution is workable.
Rationale 3: Brainstorming is for idea generation only. Idea critique will follow in another session.
Rationale 4: The idea of brainstorming is to generate lots of ideas quickly. It would be better to limit the time than to limit the number of ideas.
Global Rationale:

Answer to Question 2

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Explanation: 1. Negotiation involves a reciprocal give and take on issues among the parties. The desired
outcome is to achieve agreement even though consensus will never be reached.
Accommodation is a cooperative tactic used when the desired outcome is to preserve harmony
when one party has a vested interest in an issue that is unimportant to the other party. Forcing
is an inappropriate mode of responding to conflict, and although a solution is found, the
conflict remains unresolved. Consensus implies that the solution meets everyones needs,
which is often not the case in negotiation.