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Adapted from “Strategies for Overcoming E-Mail’s Weaknesses,” first published in the Negotiation newsletter.
Negotiators communicating via e-mail can easily be blinded to the medium’s pitfalls. In her research, professor Janice Nadler of Northwestern University Law School confirms that the “impoverished” nature of e-mail—its dearth of physical, social, and vocal cues—often leads to misunderstandings, ambiguous messages, and
Adapted from “Closing the Deal,” by Michael Wheeler (professor, Harvard Business School), first published in the Negotiation newsletter.
You’ve followed the negotiation guidebooks to a T, uncovered the parties’ key interests, brainstormed creative solutions, and even developed good rapport with your counterpart. You’ve done everything right…but you still don’t have agreement.
How do you turn the other
“Taking stock of Cambodia 20 years after the Paris Peace Agreement”
with
Kevin Doyle
and
Stephen Marks
Date: February 1, 2011
Time: 4:00-6:00 PM
Where: CGIS Building, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs,
1737 Cambridge Street, Room N-262, Cambridge MA
Contact Chair: Donna Hicks (dhicks@wcfia.harvard.edu).
Speaker Bios
Kevin Doyle is the editor-in-chief of The Cambodia Daily newspaper in Phnom Penh where he has
Adapted from “Negotiating Sacred Issues,” first published in the Negotiation newsletter.
In a classic New Yorker cartoon, a dinner guest shows up for the party, hands the host a $20 bill, and announces that this was the amount he had planned to spend on a bottle of wine before he ran out of time. Negotiation buffs
Adapted from “The High Cost of Low Focus,” by Max H. Bazerman (professor, Harvard Business School), first published in the Negotiation newsletter.
Has someone (perhaps a significant other) ever told you that you’ve previously seen or heard something that you don’t recall? When someone says, “I already told you that!” in exasperation, do you assume that
Adapted from “Telling Time in Different Cultures,” first published in the Negotiation newsletter.
Despite the bloody conflicts in the Middle East, people of goodwill from both Arab and Western nations earnestly seek to collaborate in diplomatic and business transactions. An article by Ilai Alon of Tel Aviv University and Jeanne Brett of Northwestern, however, cautions that
Adapted from “The Surprising Benefits of Conflict in Negotiating Teams,” first published in the Negotiation newsletter.
In December 2008, incoming U.S. president Barack Obama created a stir by appointing Senator Hillary Clinton, his bitter opponent for the Democratic nomination, to be his secretary of state. Could Obama expect loyalty from someone he had traded barbs with
Adapted from “Negotiating with Regulators,” by Lawrence Susskind (professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology), first published in the Negotiation newsletter.
When preparing to launch new products, plans, and innovations, an organization often must apply for licenses, permits, and other types of regulatory approvals from government agencies. Thankfully, even the most elaborate application processes allow individual regulators a
Associated Press
The NFL is negotiating with the players’ union to accept a new labor agreement that would include an 18-game season in 2011. The NFL’s lead negotiator said talks are focused on the extended season, economics, the rookie salary system and free-agency rules. With the current agreement expiring in March, both sides acknowledge their responsibility
This event has been canceled due to inclement weather.
The Women and Public Policy Program and the
Center for Public Leadership in coordination with
IGA 308M: Inclusive Security present:
“The Difference Difference Makes in Mediation”
Date: January 12, 2011
Time: 6:00PM
Location: JFK Jr. Forum
Littauer Building, 1st Floor
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
This event is free and
Taught by world-renowned professors, distinguished thought leaders and best-selling authors.
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