The Nature of Negotiation
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2. The term e e is used to describe the competitive, win-
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lose situations such as haggling over price that happens at yard sale, flea market, or used car lot.
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3. Negotiating parties always negotiate by
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4. There are times when you should
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5. Successful negotiation involves the management of
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,6. Independent parties are able to meet their own
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7. The mix of convergent and conflicting goals characterizes many
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8. The e of people's goals, and the
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ation processes and outcomes.
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9. Whether you should or should not agree on something in a negotiation depends entirely upon the at
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tractiveness to you of the best available
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10. When parties are interdependent, they have to find a way to
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11. Negotiation is a e e e that transforms over time.
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12. Negotiations often begin with statements of opening
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, 13. When one party accepts a change in his or her position, a
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14. Two of the dilemmas in mutual adjustment that all negotiators face are the dilemma of
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15. Most actual negotiations are a combination of claiming and
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is analyzed as it affects the ability of the group to make decisions, work p
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roductively, resolve its differences, and continue to achieve its goals effectively.
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17. Most people initially believe that
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18. The objective is not to eliminate conflict but to learn how to manage it to control the
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elements while enjoying the productive aspects.
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19. The two-dimensional framework called the
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conflict have two independent types of concern.
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