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Reach agreement across competing interests
Learn to negotiate well — the skill of reaching agreement when people want different things, taught the way it is actually studied (the Harvard “Getting to Yes” principled-negotiation canon and the research behind it). Master the core ideas: separate interests from positions, know your BATNA (best alternative to a negotiated agreement) and reservation point, find the ZOPA (zone of possible agreement), and tell distributive “claiming” (dividing a fixed pie) from integrative “creating” (expanding it with trades across differing priorities). Practice the moves: when an anchor helps or hurts, how to make and read concessions, how to reframe, how to use objective criteria, and how to handle hardball tactics without escalating. Every item is a realistic scenario with one defensible best move, and the explanation names the tempting mistake. Scoped to good-faith, durable deals: the best answer is the honest-and-effective one, never manipulation. Pairs with Persuasion (moving one person to a view); negotiation is specifically about reaching a joint agreement across competing interests. Educational judgment practice — not legal, financial, or professional negotiation advice.
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Curriculum

182 concepts across 28 chapters, from foundations through advanced practice — each one a concept the adaptive question bank can teach and test.

A. What negotiation is

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B. Conflict and negotiation in organizations

6

C. Types and levels of conflict

7

D. Causes of conflict

7

E. Conflict-handling modes

7

F. Distributive and integrative bargaining

6

G. Preparation and planning

7

H. BATNA

7

I. Reservation value, targets, and leverage

6

J. ZOPA and the bargaining zone

6

K. Claiming value

7

L. Anchoring and first offers

5

M. Concessions and the bargaining dance

6

N. Interests, not positions

7

O. Creating value

6

P. Trades, packages, and contingent contracts

6

Q. Objective criteria and legitimacy

6

R. Framing

6

S. Cognitive biases at the table

7

T. Emotions in negotiation

7

U. Trust, relationship, and communication

7

V. Hardball tactics and defenses

7

W. Ethics and deception

6

X. Multiparty negotiation, coalitions, and agents

7

Y. Culture and cross-border negotiation

6

Z. Salary and job-offer negotiation

7

AA. Closing, agreements, and implementation

6

AB. Third parties: mediation, arbitration, and disputes

7
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