Week 1 Discussion Notes
Week 1 Discussion HRM595
DQ1
Given this scenario, how have Linda and Larry handled the conflict thus far? What should they do now?
If Linda and Larry have already asked Dale and Donna about limiting the noise personally then they should tell the apartment manager. In alerting management they can ask what course of action will be taken along with an estimated time frame. If nothing has changed then Linda and Larry can use the last resort in calling the police. Linda and Larry (if they are dealing with immature individuals) should probably expect some type of retaliation from these noisy neighbors. During this entire process I would recommend Larry and Linda keeping a written record of times, dates, and a short description of when they made contacts with the neighbors, apartment complex and even the police. If something like retaliation was to occur, they could hopefully present a good case as to why Dale and Donna would retaliate.
On the other hand Linda and Larry could have called the apartment manager directly to have them handle the situation or even called the police. This would keep Linda and Larry from being retaliated against and they might even have a better response with individuals who are not living under those types of conditions.
I believe they should take the "rights-based" approached because they do have a couple more options to exhaust which would be to contact the landlord as I previously stated or call the police. In first contacting the landlord, L&L could also contact other apartment residents to report D&D as well to ensure the apartment management would resolve the issue of these parties. If other neighbors complain then L&L will not look like the trouble-makers.
The downside to calling the police would be the situation may not get resolved and the situation could escalate. In using the police, the situation could become worse in which retaliation can occur by D&DI would also agree with Jorge that the
DQ1
Given this scenario, how have Linda and Larry handled the conflict thus far? What should they do now?
If Linda and Larry have already asked Dale and Donna about limiting the noise personally then they should tell the apartment manager. In alerting management they can ask what course of action will be taken along with an estimated time frame. If nothing has changed then Linda and Larry can use the last resort in calling the police. Linda and Larry (if they are dealing with immature individuals) should probably expect some type of retaliation from these noisy neighbors. During this entire process I would recommend Larry and Linda keeping a written record of times, dates, and a short description of when they made contacts with the neighbors, apartment complex and even the police. If something like retaliation was to occur, they could hopefully present a good case as to why Dale and Donna would retaliate.
On the other hand Linda and Larry could have called the apartment manager directly to have them handle the situation or even called the police. This would keep Linda and Larry from being retaliated against and they might even have a better response with individuals who are not living under those types of conditions.
I believe they should take the "rights-based" approached because they do have a couple more options to exhaust which would be to contact the landlord as I previously stated or call the police. In first contacting the landlord, L&L could also contact other apartment residents to report D&D as well to ensure the apartment management would resolve the issue of these parties. If other neighbors complain then L&L will not look like the trouble-makers.
The downside to calling the police would be the situation may not get resolved and the situation could escalate. In using the police, the situation could become worse in which retaliation can occur by D&DI would also agree with Jorge that the