1. What is negotiation?
Introduction
Alternative methods of making decisions
What is negotiation?
Conclusion
Checkpoint 1
2. Distributive bargaining
Introduction
Distributive bargaining
Entry and exit prices
Settlement range
Negotiators with overlapping entry prices
The negotiators' surplus
Conclusion
Checkpoint 2
3. Integrative bargaining, part 1: Preparation
Introduction
What do we need to do first?
What are we negotiating about?
What are Interests?
What are the negotiable Issues?
What are the priorities for each Issue?
What are the negotiable ranges for each Issue?
Positions
setting entry and exit points
Tradables
Conclusion
Checkpoint 3
4. Integrative bargaining, part 2: Debate
Introduction
8. Rational bargaining
Introduction
John Nash and Utility Theory
The benefits of bargaining
The real bargaining problem
Fisher and Ury on principled negotiation
BATNA
The negotiator as mediator
Conclusion
Checkpoint 8
9. Ploys and tactics
Introduction
Learning about ploys
Three types of ploys
Dominance ploys
Shaping ploys
Closing ploys
Conclusion
Checkpoint 9
10. Culture and negotiation
A negotiating tale of two cities
Cultural relativism
Do people negotiate using different processes?
What is culture?
The cultural relativist's challenge
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Glossary of terms
Appendix 2: Checkpoint answers
Index.
What is debate?
Types of destructive debate
Constructive debate behaviours
How not to disagree
Conclusion
Checkpoint 4
5. Integrative bargaining, part 3: How to propose
Introduction
What is a proposal?
How to make proposals
How to receive a proposal
Summarising issues
Conclusion
Checkpoint 5
6. Integrative bargaining, part 4: How to bargain
Introduction
From proposals to bargains
Linked trading
Bargaining to close the deal
The agreement
Conclusion
Checkpoint 6
7. The styles of negotiation
Introduction
Trust in time
Negotiator's dilemma
Red, Blue and Purple styles of negotiation
The difficult negotiator
Making progress with a Purple style in a Red negotiation
Conclusion
Checkpoint 7