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Conflict And Negotiation Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Competitive in - lose situations such as haggling






2. Repeating a slogan - phrase - or brand - so many times that the people feed into it






3. Multiple views on a conflict on a solution - effective agreements - combined individual strength - advanced understanding - 'team spirit'






4. The reputation of the person is mirrored on to the product or statement (an endorsement)






5. The capabilities negotiators can assemble to give themselves an advantage or increase the probability of achieving their objectives (____ is potential influence)






6. Competitive or win-lose bargaining - where the goals of one party are usually in fundamental and direct conflict with the goals of the other party. The negotiators focus on claiming value.






7. An extreme incident is used to set the precedent. (Queen Elizabeth used her own $ to repair the damage to houses that set on fire from her fireworks)






8. Active listening - verbal and nonverbal cues - confirmation messages - and interaction






9. Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement. Need to recognize both side's best alternative.






10. Personality traits that clash during negotiation






11. Work for the purpose of managing conflict helping to resolve disputes. Can be volunteered or legal requirement (help reshape polarized situation into constructive agreement)






12. Dressing like the people you are trying to persuade






13. Negotiation between countries






14. The mental act or process by which knowledge is acquired - including perception - intuition - and reasoning






15. Negotiation has come to an absolute stop; there are techniques you might use to break through






16. Negotiating with one another in hopes of achieving a collective or group consensus.






17. The strategic use of information to define and articulate a negotiating issue or situation






18. An intense mental state that arises subjectively rather than through conscious effort and is often accompanied by physiological changes.






19. Finding leverage - and applying it appropriately in the negotiation process






20. The settling of disputes between two parties by an impartial third party - whose decision the contending parties agree to accept. It is often used to resolve conflict diplomatically to prevent a more serious confrontation. Parties are bound by the de






21. Everyone is doing it - therefore you should too






22. Giving an idea a bad label without examining the evidence.






23. Negotiators that act not on the behalf of others. The doer or transmitter of an action.






24. A single unified awareness derived from sensory processes while a stimulus is present; process by which individuals connect to their environment






25. Any mode of procedure for gaining advantage or success (the techniques that implement strategy)






26. The actual strategies and messages that individuals deploy to bring about desired attitudinal or behavioral change (_____ is power in use)






27. Outside Negotiators who attend an agreement






28. A plan - method - or series of maneuvers or stratagems for obtaining a specific goal or result






29. Argument based on the misrepresentation of an opponent's position






30. Broadly applied social standards for what is right or wrong in a particular situation - or a process for setting those standards






31. Target approach to a situation






32. A multiparty negotiation in which members unbiasedly but openly and honestly work together to finalize a collective objective regardless of personal opinion - priorities - emotions - etc.






33. If the person holds an elevated position - then everything that person says must be true. (used a lot with religion)






34. Putting the blame on someone else






35. Showing one side of the argument and not the other






36. Cultural and and psychological markers of the sexes- the aspects of role or identity (rather than biology) that differentiate men from women in a given culture or society






37. A method of resolving an industrial dispute whereby a third party consults with those involved and recommends a solution which is not - however - not binding on the parties. (negotiators have little to no control over the process but full control ove






38. Prepare for and overcome differences






39. Any individual or group of people who are not directly involved in or affected by what happens; stakeholders.






40. Negotiation among different cultures






41. Huge lie that is built into everything until it is believed as a fact by society (Joseph Gerbels used it against the Jews)






42. Groups of two or more people who interact and influence each other - are mutually accountable for achieving common goals associated with organizational objectives - and perceive themselves as a social entity within an organization.






43. A collection of two or more parties within a larger social setting who work together to pursue mutually desirable goals; alliance






44. 1. Don't bargain over positions 2. Separate the people from the problem 3. Focus on Interest - not positions 4. Invent Options for Mutual Gain 5. Insist on Using Objective Criteria 6. What if they are more powerful? 7. What if they won't pay? 8. W






45. Those people that an agent represents in an negotiation






46. Exaggerated ideas that are facilitated by assumption






47. People have different abilities during negotiation; cognative emotional intelligence and perspective-taking. (431)






48. Win-win situation where the parties focus on creating value. Agreement process that better incorporates the aims and goals of all the negotiating parties involved - through creative and collaborative problem solving






49. Type of thinking that people engage in when in groups that deteriorates mental efficiency - reality testing - and moral judgment from in-group pressures.






50. A connection - association - or involvement usually interdependent - that involves three major themes: reputations - trust - and justice