Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving in, Issue 4Penguin, 1991 - 200 pages "Getting to Yes" offers a concise, step-by-step, proven strategy for coming to mutually acceptable agreements in every sort of conflict--whether it involves parents and children, neighbors, bosses and employees, customers or corporations, tenants or diplomats. Based on the work of the Harvard Negotiation Project, a group that deals continually with all levels of negotiation and conflict resolution from domestic to business to international, "Getting to Yes" tells you how to: |
Contents
THE PROBLEM | 1 |
Dont Bargain Over Positions | 3 |
THE METHOD | 15 |
Separate the PEOPLE from the Problem | 17 |
Focus on INTEREST Not Positions | 40 |
4 Invent OPTIONS for Mutual Gain | 56 |
5 Insist on Using Objective CRITERIA | 81 |
YES BUT | 95 |
What If They Are More Powerful? Develop Your BATNABest Alternative To a Negotiated Agreement | 97 |
What If They Wont Play? Use Negotiation Jujitsu | 107 |
What If They Use Dirty Tricks? Taming the Hard Bargainer | 129 |
IN CONCLUSION | 145 |
TEN QUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK ABOUT GETTING TO YES | 149 |
Analytical table of Contents | 189 |
A Note on the Harvard Negotiation Project | 199 |
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Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving in Roger Fisher,William Ury,Bruce Patton Limited preview - 1991 |
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