Negotiation Concepts in Thirteen Days Movie

Negotiation Concepts in Thirteen Days
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Negotiation Concepts in Thirteen Days
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Gender and Negotiation

Film scene brief description: This happens when Kenny O’Donnell, the special assistant to President Kennedy, is about to walk into the president’s office. At the doorstep, he stumbles upon Jackie, the first lady. Apparently, there is a party in the offing in the white house, and Kenny has crossed all her friends (Donaldson, 2000). This and the fact that the special assistant has been bringing candies to the first family’s children do not sit well with the first lady.
Concept: The concept holds that all men and women may not act according to what gender stereotypes dictate (DeMarr & Janasz, 2019). In addition, it suggests that either gender should demonstrate masculinity and femininity, depending on circumstances.
How concept is demonstrated in the scene: Jackie, the first lady, demonstrates this when she confronts the special assistant to the president. She demands an explanation as to why her friends are not welcome to a party that is about to be held in the White House. She demands in no uncertain terms that all her friends appear on the list of attendees. She also warns Kenny against bringing candies to her children.

Conflict

Film scene brief description: The concept of conflict comes to the fore when McGeorge Bundy, National security advisor, informs the special assistant to the president that the Soviets have placed medium-range ballistic missiles in Cuba. He states that if the missiles become operational, they can cause devastation of unprecedented proportions.
Concept: Conflict refers to a struggle, controversy, discord of action, or interference. It creates an increasing feeling of mistrust between different parties (DeMarr & Janasz, 2019). However, if well managed, it facilitates change and innovation. It also brings in the open problems that were previously ignored so that they can be addressed.
How concept is demonstrated in the scene: This happens when the national security advisor expressly intimates that the soviets are up to no good for placing nuclear warheads in the neighboring country of Cuba (Donaldson, 2000). This is particularly so because Cuba and the United States have frosty diplomatic relations. He believes that if push comes to shove and the Soviets detonate the missiles, untold harm will occur.

Power-based approach

Film scene brief description: The concept of a power-based approach is broached by Dean Rusk, the secretary of state, when he intimates that permitting the introduction of nuclear missiles in the western hemisphere would occasion ramifications that would be terrible to contemplate (Donaldson, 2000). As such, he suggests that the United States use action to remove the missiles from Cuba.
Concept: This concept involves the use of authority by one party to coerce the other to make concessions (DeMarr & Janasz, 2019). More often than not, it proves counterproductive by creating new disputes or triggering one or both parties to seek revenge.
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