Real-Life Math
A site has just been chosen for opening meetings in negotiation
discussions with a native band. Negotiators who will work at the first discussions
have been chosen, and travel plans are now being arranged.
You and
3 other negotiators will fly to the site for 5 days of discussions. As team
manager, you need to make some arrangements. "When you're managing your own
negotiating team, you need to use some math," says Tracy St. Claire. She works
for a treaty commission.
She says that negotiators at top levels also
have to use math in their discussions and negotiations involving land use,
land title and allowable resources. "When you get to higher levels,
you begin to use math more," she says.
You and the 3 other negotiators
will be flying to a northern coastal town. These are the expenses you will
incur:
Airfare: $560 each
Daily food allowance: $60
1 hotel
room, shared by 2 people: $90 each
If you're away 5 days and 4 nights,
how much will it cost in total for all 4 people?