Identify interests and concerns of the parties instead of their positions. Generate options to satisfy interests. Establish objective criteria to evaluate options. Apply the criteria to the options. Reach consensus on overall solutions based upon the options.
TAGS allows all participants to contribute ideas into a network of computers simultaneously.
Participants build on others' ideas and continue to offer new ideas in their own words anonymously. After careful consideration, the LMC prioritized these issues. V. Research Conducted by the LMC Recognizing that there were many new performance management and compensation models in use in other institutions, the LMC devoted the first five months learning about these new ideas and approaches. The committee invited a number of experts in the field and individuals experienced in implementing new programs to make presentations as part of our education process. Numerous articles were provided to the group to assure that all committee members were familiar with the fundamental concepts, current trends, contemporary research, principles, practices and issues that would need to be considered within the scope of the committee's deliberations.