The Nature of Negotiation
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loseW situationsW suchW asWhagglingW overW priceW thatW happensW atW yardW sale,W fleaW market,
W orW used W carW lot.
3. NegotiatingW parties W alwaysW negotiateW byW .
4. ThereW areW timesWwhenWyouW shouldW Wnegotiate.
5. SuccessfulWnegotiationWinvolves WtheWmanagementWofW
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eWtermsWofWagreement)WandWalsoWtheWresolutionWofW .
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dWassistanceWofWothers.
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relationships.
8. TheW ofWpeople'sWgoals,WandWtheW
ofWtheWsituationWinWwhichWtheyWareWgoingWtoWnegotiate,WstronglyWsha
pesWnegotiationWprocesses WandWoutcomes.
,9. WhetherWyouWshouldWorWshouldWnotWagreeWonWsomethingWinWaWnegotiationWdepen
dsWentirelyWuponWtheWattractiveness WtoWyouWofWtheWbestWavailableW .
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11. NegotiationWisWaW WthatWtransforms W overWtime.
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maWofW Wand W the W dilemma W ofW .
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ecisions,WworkWproductively, WresolveWitsWdifferences,WandWcontinueWtoWachieveWitsWgoa
lsWeffectively.
17. MostWpeopleWinitially WbelieveWthatW WisW alwaysW badW orW dysfunctional.
18. TheW objectiveW isW notW toW eliminateW conflictW butW toW learnW howW toW manageW itW toW controlW the
elementsWwhileWenjoyingWtheWproductiveWaspects.
, 19. TheWtwo-dimensional Wframework WcalledWtheW
postulatesWthatWpeopleWinWconflictWhaveWtwoWindependent WtypesWofWconcern.
20. PartiesWwhoWemployWtheW
strategy WmaintainWtheirWownWaspirations WandWt
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ryWtoWpersuadeWtheWotherWpartyWtoWyield.
TrueW /WFalseW Questions
21. NegotiationWisWaWprocessWreservedWonlyWforWtheWskilledWdiplomat,WtopWsalesperson,
W orW ardent W advocate W forW anW organized Wlobby.
True False
22. ManyWofWtheWmostWimportantWfactorsWthatWshapeWaWnegotiationWresultWdoWnotWoc
curWduringWtheWnegotiation,WbutWoccurWafterWtheWpartiesWhaveWnegotiated.
True False
23. NegotiationW situations W haveW fundamentally W theW sameW characteristics.
True False
24. AWcreativeWnegotiationWthatWmeetsWtheWobjectives WofWallWsidesWmayWnotWrequ
ireWcompromise.
True False
25. TheWpartiesWpreferWtoWnegotiateWandWsearchWforWagreementWratherWthanWtoWfightWope
nly,WhaveWoneWsideWdominateWandWtheWotherWcapitulate,Wpermanently WbreakWoffWcont
act,WorWtakeWtheirWdisputeWtoWaWhigherWauthority WtoWresolveWit.
True False
26. ItWisWpossibleWtoWignoreWintangibles,WbecauseWtheyWaffectWourWjudgmentWaboutWwha
tWisWfair,WorWright,WorWappropriateWinWtheWresolutionWofWtheWtangibles.
True False