Learning Goal: I’m working on a management writing question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.
For the Unit III Project, you will create a negotiation planning guide for an organization to implement. In your planning guide, you will explain the ten-step planning process.
Within your project, include the following:
- An introduction explaining the importance of planning goals and strategies during the negotiation process and a description of the difference between goals and strategies.
- A planning guide that includes an explanation of each step in the planning, as well as a real-world example of how the step is applied. This example can be something you have witnessed, researched, or an original idea and should assist the organization in understanding how to implement this plan.
Your plan must be at least 750 words or three pages in length (not including the title page and reference page). Within your plan, please label each step for clarity. Feel free to be creative, but keep in mind that an organization will be following your descriptions. You are required to use at least your textbook as a source. Remember to cite and reference all outside sources used.
Negotiation Planning Guide
1) Define the negotiation goal.
2) List the major issues in the negotiation related to achieving the goal.
3) Define the relative importance of each issue and define the bargaining mix.
4) Define the interests.
5) Define the alternatives’ (BATNA).
6) Define your limits, including a resistance point.
7) Describe your understanding of the party’s goals, issues, and resistance points. What questions can you ask to learn more about these?
8) Set your targets and opening bid.
9) Assess the social context of the negotiation.
10) Outline how you will present the issues to the other party: what to say and how to say it.