Case Study: Non-Profit Organization

For the third simulation the two profit organization had to create a calendar using two colors. One of the colors out of the two would give a team an upper hand in the simulation. My organization which is the non-profit Goodwill. In the simulation we sold goodwill but we also had the upper hand because we knew the color that would better the chance of an organization winning. Since we knew the color we could charge both profit organizations money so that one of them could have a better chance winning. Having this upper hand meant that we could charge any price for the correct color and with that came betting game. Whichever organization gave us the most money meant they would get the magical color. One of the two organization paid us money
for the color and the other organization didn’t want to know the color. After the simulation I had a better understanding of how some organizations work together to help each other out. It’s like we make profit by telling them the color and they get profit for using the color and winning the simulation.
In this simulation we use Leigh Thompson, Negotiating styles. In the simulation each organization use competitive to maximize the difference between their profits and the other organization. So basically they were competing to beat the other side and win. They had to bid the highest number to us the non-profit to receive the winning color that is a form of competing to win. Another thing we see in the simulation is some form our hierarchy. In each organization you have the CEO then the secretary and then the common worker. In each simulation you see the CEOs doing the most talking and negotiating.