2014年1月15日水曜日

Studying negotiation skills practically (...Week3 catch up!)




Previous 2 weeks in the class, we learned effective negotiation skills through practices. Comparing the first negotiation (Oranges), I could confidently and calmly negotiate with others in subsequent negotiations (snake eggs and bike). Even though my group reached agreement (win-win, partial win), each cases gave respective impressions. For example, after understanding an importance of giving information, I could reflect that, and do better value creation in next case.
On Wednesday of last week, Ken introduced an example of Argument Dilution, the case of Terri Schiavo. I was surprised find out that only 1 good reason can make concrete and strong statement in negotiation. Here is small article I found on web. It is not academic article, but I thought it is interesting to read to know actual stories of negotiations.

Throughout the class, Ken mentioned important points in negotiation, and there are especially 4 key points to remember.
1.               Ask open questions
2.               Give internal information(info, info, info!)
3.               Summarizing
4.               Give some reasons before you disagree
I especially thought about asking open questions and summarizing are essential for smooth negotiation as well as creating comfortable atmosphere. Effective use of these can also show your understanding and active participation of negotiation. I think it is really important to understand that negotiation is compromise which contains social element. Therefore, what we learned in first week of the course, “social/emotional intelligence” is cornerstone in negotiation.

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