You may also want to limit the number of work applications that you expect students to pass in for grading and/or to
know for the exams. For example testing, you could select 2-5 from each chapter that you believe are the most
important things that students should be able to apply to their jobs. Assume you have a total of 10 for an exam. You
could tell students to have prepared answers to all 10 and that you will select 3 of them for the exam.
WA-1 Explain how networking and/or negotiating affected behavior, human relations, and performance where you
work(ed).
SA- Where I worked, the boss’s son was hired as a manager after he graduated from college. Everyone knew he got
the job because of his network connection with his dad. Some of the employees resented him and gave him a hard
WA 2- Explain how you used networking to help your career.
SA- My friend Joe worked at McDonald’s and I asked him if he could help me find a part-time job. He spoke to his
WA 3- Write a networking objective.
SA- My networking objective is to get an internship with a stock brokerage firm for the fall semester. However, I
WA 4- Write a 1-minute self-sell to achieve your networking objective in work application 3.
SA- Hi, my name is Tom Burns. I’m a junior at Springfield College majoring in business. I’m seeking an internship
WA 5- Give a job example of how a coalition was used to achieve an objective.
SA- Where I work there is a union and the union rep is elected during a union meeting. Prior to the meeting with the
election, Bill Lloyd and his two close friends went around talking to people to get them to vote for Bill. At the
WA 6- What is your strongest and weakest area of networking? How will you improve your networking skills?
Include two or three of the most important tips you learned that you will use.
SA- I’m strong on self-assessment, I’m an accomplished basketball player, and good at setting objectives. I’m weak
at starting small talk. I will improve my networking by using the 1-minute self-sell, as this will help me start small
WA 7- Give a job example of a distributive and integrative bargain.
SA- If you are selling used cars, every dollar you don’t get for it is a loss to you and a gain for the buyer. Integrative
WA 8- Write negotiating objectives that include a limit, target objective, opening offer, and BATNA.
My boss was an antique dealer. When he sold things, he marked the prices higher (open offer) than he really
expected to sell things for (target), and he always had a lower limit to sell for. His BATNA, was just stay with the
WA 9- What is your strongest and weakest area of negotiating? How will you improve your negotiating skills?
Include two or three of the most important tips you learned that you will use.
SA- My strongest area is reading people. My weakest areas are not giving in too quickly, asking for something in