N5 Entrepreneurship • Lose/win situation
Lose/win is a very self-destructive approach towards human interaction. It means I lose and you win, again. I am the loser just to keep the peace – but at what cost? Can you feel the resentment building in yourself when you read this.
• Lose/lose situation If I can’t win, then the least I can do is to make sure that you lose as well. This approach is sometimes used in wage negotiations between management and a trade union. No one is prepared to be the loser and therefore both lose – that is until they realise once again that they need each other.
A suggested approach to ensure a win/win situation is to agree that if a win/win situation is not possible, then there is no deal. This means that if we can’t come up with an agreeable solution, we agree to disagree – and therefore no deal. There is merit to the argument that given a specific situation, a win/win approach is not immediately possible. However, your long-term strategy should eventually lead to a win/win agreement.
Activity 10 Read the article below and answer the questions that follow.
JZ slams violent protests Source: iAfrica
The government would not tolerate the destruction of property and violence that often accompanied service delivery protests, President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday. “There is no cause in a democratic and free society, however legitimate, that justifies the wanton destruction of property and violence that we have witnessed,” he said. Zuma was addressing some 280 mayors and municipal managers from across the country at a meeting in Cape Town. His remarks follow a wave of violent protests in municipalities, many of them accompanied by clashes with police. Zuma said South Africa had a proud history of protest against wrongdoing and injustice. “This is our heritage. It is what makes South Africa the vibrant democracy it is today, and will continue to be in the future. “However, burning down libraries, torching houses of people, and looting spaza shops do not build a strong nation. It does not solve our legitimate problems.” Zuma said that while condemning the negative elements of some of the protests, it had to be acknowledged there were challenges that needed urgent attention. He said the Cape Town meeting being held in a community hall in Khayelitsha was an attempt to arrive at ways to make municipalities work better.
Questions: 1. What are the “legitimate problems” the President was talking about? List at least three. 2. From your perspective, list at least three “root causes” of the problems listed above. 3. The President is obviously promoting a different approach for anyone who has legitimate complaints, which habit is he referring to?
4. If it is that obvious why is everyone not applying that particular habit? 5. And which one were the protesters applying? 6. What alternatives are there, or how can the service delivery problems be solved?
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