Unit2NegotiationRelatedInformationNegotiationSkillDevelopmentAlthougheveryonenegotiatesinformallyallthetimewithoutevenbeingawareofit,formalnegotiationisaskillthatcanbelearnedthroughexperienceandpractice
Peoplewhonegotiatealottendtobemuchmoreskilledatitthanpeoplewhohavenotparticipatedinmanyformalnegotiations
Experiencedpeoplearemorelikelytoknowwhattosay,whentomakeconcessions,whennotto,whattoconcede,whatnotto,and,ingeneral,howtomanipulatethesituationtotheirownadvantage
Forthisreason,negotiationtendstofavortheexperiencedparty
Ingeneral,itisusefultoknowandunderstandthedifferencebetweenintegrative(orwin-win)negotiationstrategiesanddistributive(orwin-lose)strategies
Win-winstrategiesaremostusefulwhenitispossibletodevelopasolutiontoaprobleminwhichboth(orall)sideswin,oratleastcomeoutaheadofwhereth