Work is business

Author: Sun Honggang
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: Workplace Truths and Expectation Bargaining
Expectation bargaining is the norm in workplace interpersonal relationships. The workplace is essentially a business arena composed of benefit exchanges, and workplace interpersonal relationships are simple transactional relationships. Work is business! Everyone is a business partner! All actions in the workplace are transactional behaviors that demand reasonable rewards. When the environment faces sudden changes, it may present greater opportunities. In the workplace, rationality is needed, not emotions. The workplace requires only one way of thinking: absolute rationality and equal transactions.
Expectation bargaining is the norm in workplace interpersonal relationships. The workplace is essentially a business arena composed of benefit exchanges, and workplace interpersonal relationships are simple transactional relationships. Work is business! Everyone is a business partner! All actions in the workplace are transactional behaviors that demand reasonable rewards. When the environment faces sudden changes, it may present greater opportunities. In the workplace, rationality is needed, not emotions. The workplace requires only one way of thinking: absolute rationality and equal transactions.