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,TEST BANK Essentials of Negotiation 4th Canadian Edition by Roy Lewicki
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Chap 01: The Nature of Negotiation
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1) Negotiations occur for only one reason: to create something new that neither party could
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2) Sometimes people fail to negotiate because they do not recognize that they are in
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a negotiable situation.
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3) Good negotiators are made, not born.
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4) Negotiating parties rarely negotiate by choice.
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5) It is always a good time to negotiate, there are no conditions which make negotiation mor
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e favourable.
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6) Most individuals in Western culture do not negotiate enough.
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7) Successful negotiation involves the management of tangibles (e.g., the price or the terms of
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+j an agreement) and also the resolution of intangibles.
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,8) Intangible factors are the underlying psychological motivations that may directly or
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indirectly influence the parties during a negotiation.
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9) Independent parties can meet their own needs without the help and assistance of others.
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10) Dependent parties never rely on others for what they need.
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11) The mix of convergent and conflicting goals characterizes many interdependent
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relationships.
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12) The interdependence of people's goals, and the structure of the situation in which they ar
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e going to negotiate, has little effect on the negotiation processes and outcomes.
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13) The purpose of a distributive negotiation is to create value.
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14) Whether you should or should not agree on something in a negotiation depends entirely upo
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n the attractiveness to you of the best available alternative.
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, 15) Distributive bargaining is most appropriate when the likelihood of having to bargain with th
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e other party again in the future is low.
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16) Negotiator perceptions of situations tend to be biased toward seeing problems as mor
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e integrative, or as less competitive, than they really are.
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17) Conflict occurs when two interdependent parties have conflicting goals and each is trying t
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o prevent the other from achieving their objectives.
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18) Negotiations often begin with statements of opening positions.
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19) A concession occurs when one party refuses to accept a change in his or her position.
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20) Concessions restrict the range of options within which a solution or an agreement will b
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e reached.
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21) Two of the dilemmas in mutual adjustment that all negotiators face are the dilemma o
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f honesty and the dilemma of trust.
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,TEST BANK Essentials of Negotiation 4th Canadian Edition by Roy Lewicki
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Chap 01: The Nature of Negotiation
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1) Negotiations occur for only one reason: to create something new that neither party could
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+j achieve alone. +j
⊚ true + j
⊚ false + j
2) Sometimes people fail to negotiate because they do not recognize that they are in
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a negotiable situation.
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⊚ true + j
⊚ false + j
3) Good negotiators are made, not born.
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⊚ true + j
⊚ false + j
4) Negotiating parties rarely negotiate by choice.
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⊚ true + j
⊚ false + j
5) It is always a good time to negotiate, there are no conditions which make negotiation mor
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e favourable.
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⊚ true + j
⊚ false + j
6) Most individuals in Western culture do not negotiate enough.
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⊚ true + j
⊚ false + j
7) Successful negotiation involves the management of tangibles (e.g., the price or the terms of
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+j an agreement) and also the resolution of intangibles.
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⊚ true + j
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,8) Intangible factors are the underlying psychological motivations that may directly or
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indirectly influence the parties during a negotiation.
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⊚ true + j
⊚ false + j
9) Independent parties can meet their own needs without the help and assistance of others.
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⊚ true + j
⊚ false + j
10) Dependent parties never rely on others for what they need.
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⊚ true + j
⊚ false + j
11) The mix of convergent and conflicting goals characterizes many interdependent
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relationships.
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⊚ true + j
⊚ false + j
12) The interdependence of people's goals, and the structure of the situation in which they ar
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e going to negotiate, has little effect on the negotiation processes and outcomes.
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⊚ true + j
⊚ false + j
13) The purpose of a distributive negotiation is to create value.
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⊚ true + j
⊚ false + j
14) Whether you should or should not agree on something in a negotiation depends entirely upo
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n the attractiveness to you of the best available alternative.
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⊚ true + j
⊚ false + j
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, 15) Distributive bargaining is most appropriate when the likelihood of having to bargain with th
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e other party again in the future is low.
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⊚ true + j
⊚ false + j
16) Negotiator perceptions of situations tend to be biased toward seeing problems as mor
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e integrative, or as less competitive, than they really are.
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⊚ true + j
⊚ false + j
17) Conflict occurs when two interdependent parties have conflicting goals and each is trying t
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o prevent the other from achieving their objectives.
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⊚ true + j
⊚ false + j
18) Negotiations often begin with statements of opening positions.
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⊚ true + j
⊚ false + j
19) A concession occurs when one party refuses to accept a change in his or her position.
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⊚ true + j
⊚ false + j
20) Concessions restrict the range of options within which a solution or an agreement will b
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e reached.
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⊚ false + j
21) Two of the dilemmas in mutual adjustment that all negotiators face are the dilemma o
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f honesty and the dilemma of trust.
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⊚ false + j
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