The Pacific Oil Company “Look, you asked for my advice, and I gave it to you,” Frank Kelsey said. “If I were you, I wouldn’t make any more concessions! I really don’t think you ought to agree to their last demand! But you’re the one who has to live with the contract, not me!” Static on the transatlantic telephone connection obscured Jean Fontaine’s reply. Kelsey asked him to repeat what he had said. “OK, OK, calm down, Jean. I can see your point of view. I appreciate the pressures you’re under
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Critical Thinking – PACIFIC OIL CASE STUDY Brian Crummy MGT 470-1: Conflict Management and Negotiation August 31, 2014 The Pacific Oil Company, known for touching off the “black gold” rush began working with the Reliant Corporation in 1979. The first contract between the two was for the purchase of vinyl chloride monomer. As the end of the contract drew close in 1982, the companies worked together to broaden the contract from 1983 to 1987. In 1984 Jean Fontaine, the marketing vice president
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Pacific Oil Company is a Sweetwater Oil company of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It was founded in 1902. One of the major chemical lines of Pacific's is the production of vinyl chloride monomer (VCM). “VCM is subjected to the process of polymerization, in which smaller molecules of vinyl chloride are chemically bonded together to form larger molecular chains and networks.” Pacific Oil's first major contract with the Reliant Corporation was in 1979. The contract between Pacific Oil and Reliant was a
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Case Study #2: Pacific Oil Company PROC 5840: Pacific Oil Case Study 30 Sep 2013 Abstract This paper assesses a negotiation between Pacific Oil Company, a seller of vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), and Reliant Chemical Company, a buyer of VCM. Each negotiation team’s strengths and weaknesses will be assessed. The Pacific Oil strengths included their negotiation team and the strength of the VCM market. Their weaknesses included poor organizational control
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Running Head: PACIFIC OIL PACIFIC OIL CSU GLOBAL AMANDA BAUMAN The case study analyzing negotiations between Pacific Oil Company and Reliant Chemical Company it shows how the role of power can dictate the outcome of negotiations. Pacific Oil did not prepare properly for the negotiations they were entering with Reliant Chemical Company. By assuming Reliant was comfortable with their current contract Pacific failed to properly prepare for any unknowns that arose during the negotiations
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Pacific Oil Company MGT470-2: Conflict Management and Negotiation Vimarie J. Negron, MBA September 23, 2012 Professor Susan Weese As part of this assignment I will discuss the negotiation between Pacific Oil Company and Reliant Chemical Company in early 1985. Negotiation is a process by which two or more parties attempt to resolve the opposing interests (Lewicki, 2011). This scenario is about the problems Pacific Oil Company faced as it reopened negotiations with Reliant Chemical Company
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Lewicki−Barry−Saunders: Negotiation: Readings, Exercises, and Cases, Fifth Edition Cases 1. Capital Mortgage Insurance Corporation (A) © The McGraw−Hill Companies, 2007 Case 1 Capital Mortgage Insurance Corporation (A) Frank Randall hung up the telephone, leaned across his desk, and fixed a cold stare at Jim Dolan. OK, Jim. They’ve agreed to a meeting. We’ve got three days to resolve this thing. The question is, what approach should we take? How do we get them to accept our
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Pacific Oil and Reliant: a good example of negotiating without the 7 step process Managing Conflict in Negotiations The Pacific Oil Company went into negotiations with Reliant Manufacturing, and its goal was to sign a more long-term agreement. Pacific assumed that the new contract would be signed with no major hurdles or objectives, and that the dominant point of negotiation would be price. Jean Fontaine, who is the marketing vice president for Pacific Oil, went into a negotiation process with
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Concourse | Negotiations https://webster.campusconcourse.com/view_syllabus?course_id=12777 W EBSTER UNIVERSITY • JOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-BOLLING • GEORGE HERBERT W ALKER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY • MANAGEMENT NEGOTIATIONS PROC-5840 3 Credits 01/07/2013 to 03/09/2013 Section 34 S1 2013 Modified 12/05/2012 MEETING TIMES Saturdays - 8:00am-12:00pm CONTACT INFORMATION Monica Y. Watts, MBA Email: monicawatts98@webster.edu Phone: 202-344-2938 Fax: 202-344-1254 Preferred contact method:
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