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Cultivate negotiation skills with the latest theory and research, plus opportunities for practice!

"A great overview of what it takes to excel as a negotiator."— Nicholas J. Chabra, Pfeiffer University

This book provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental components of the negotiation process and the challenges that face negotiators. It contains, in a single volume, text material on current theory and research, readings from diverse perspectives, cases that demonstrate how negotiation has been effectively or ineffectively applied in practice, role-playing exercises that enable students to hone their skills, and questionnaires that assess personal qualities that can influence negotiation processes and outcomes.






 
Part 1: The Fundamentals
 
The Nature of Negotiation: What it is and Why it Matters
 
Preparation: Building the Foundation for Negotiating
 
Distributive Bargaining: A Strategy for Claiming Value
 
Integrative Bargaining: A Strategy for Creating Value
 
Closing Deals: Persuading the Other Party to Say Yes
 
Part 2: Special Challenges
 
Communication : The Heart of All Negotiations
 
Decision Making: Are We Truly Rational Beings?
 
Power & influence: Changing others’ attitudes and behaviors
 
Ethics: Right and Wrong Do Exist when you Negotiate
 
Multiparty Negotiations: Managing the Additional Complexity
 
Individual Differences
 
International Negotiations
 
Difficult Negotiations
 
Third-Party Intervention: Recourse When Negotiations Sputter or Fail?

A great overview of what it takes to excel as a negotiator.

Nicholas J. Chabra
Pfeiffer University

clear, well organized coverage of negotiation process and related issues

Barry Nocks
Clemson University

Very insightful, engaging, theoretically, grounded, practically focused, and invaluable to applying concrete solutions do negotiation challenges

Dr. Cephas Lerewonu
MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY LES ASPIN CENTER

This is a very good book for anybody wanting to learn negotiation. I would have rated it more if more time was spent preparing good practical examples (e.g. should be some role plays, video records, scripts etc) to help develop skills through simulations.

Dr Chahid Fourali
London Metropolitan Business School, London Metropolitan Uni (City Campus)
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interesting case examples

Dr Chavi Chen
IESEG, School of Management, Catholic University of Lille
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This is an informative book on negotiation which forms part of the strategic Change management I teach but its structure is different from structure of my course.

Dr Chuma Osuchukwu
Postgraduate Faculty, London School of Business and Management
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I found the book to be a valuable read and to be more than competitively priced.

Dr Gregory Laurence
School Of Management, University of Michigan - Flint
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Insufficient information directly related to decision making - did recommend for consideration to colleague who will be teaching \conflict management\" next fall"

Dr Jacquelyn Alexander
Leadership Studies, Our Lady of The Lake University
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This is well structured, clearly written book. It contains valuable insights to develop skills in negotiation and to understand the topic at postgraduate level.

Dr Javier Marcos
Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University
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This one was a longshot for a second book in my strategic management class but I did not choose it.

Dr Lawrence Audler
Business Administration , Our Lady of Holy Cross College
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Key features

Key Features

  • Includes Negotiation in Action vignettes in each chapter, bringing the content to life through vivid illustrations of the negotiation process
  • Provides two readings per chapter, with critical thinking questions to help students relate the content to their own experiences
  • Offers end of chapter Conclusion and Implications for Practice sections, providing behavioral and tactical suggestions for applying the chapter material
  • Includes five full-length cases, demonstrating important interrelationships among the various components of the negotiation process and how they are applied in practice
  • Provides self-assessment questionnaires, enabling readers to analyze and understand their negotiation abilities
  • Offers broad-ranging and international perspectives, integrating real-world insight from managers in industry and government, and from countries throughout the world