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David Lax & James Sebenius
A path-breaking introduction to the "three dimensions" of complex negotiated deal-making: table tactics, deal design, and the crucial but often overlooked dimension of setup
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By Susan L. Podziba. Civic fusion is when people bond to achieve a common public goal, even as they sustain deep value differences. This book offers proven strategies for moving polarized parties to consensus solutions based on the author's 25 years of mediation experience, including working with pro-life and pro-choice leaders after fatal shootings at women's health clinics, crane industry and union representatives to develop federal worker safety regulations, and citizens of a failed city that reclaimed their democracy by writing a consensus charter.
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Deborah Kolb & Jessica Porter
Selected by TIME as one of the best negotiation books of 2015, Negotiating at Work offers practical advice for managing your own workplace negotiations: how to get opportunities, promotions, flexibility, buy-in, support, and credit for your work.
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Jeswald Salacuse
Arguing that life is really a series of negotiations, deal making, and diplomacy, Salacuse gives readers the tools to make the most of any situation.
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An annual compilation of research papers addressing a range of transboundary environmental negotiation issues
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Jeswald Salacuse examines the role of negotiation in gaining, exercising, and retaining leadership within organizations, and instructs readers on the way to use negotiation to lead effectively.
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Trouble at the Watering Hole is a breakthrough book that focuses on the skills of conflict resolution. This fun and educational book builds a foundation for kids to learn ways to constructively resolve problems and to build strong skills that can be used to resolve conflict for the rest of their lives.
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Shafiqul Islam and Lawrence E. Susskind
In this book, the authors show how open and constantly changing water networks can be managed successfully using collaborative adaptive techniques to build informed agreements among disciplinary experts, water users with conflicting interests, and governmental bodies with countervailing claims.
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Iris Bohnet
A "game-changer" that demonstrates how research is addressing gender bias, improving lives and performance.Role Simulations
Business and Commercial Dispute Negotiation Role-Play:
67 Fish Pond Lane
Elizabeth Gray, Mark Gordon and Bruce Patton
Two-party distributive and potentially integrative negotiation between principals over the sale of a houseBusiness and Commercial Dispute Negotiation Role-Play:
Akron Steel
Allison Berland
A non-team, multi-issue, non-scorable exercise that gives participants an opportunity to map a conflict at the workplace.Climate Change Negotiation Role-Play:
Bepo Dam Plan, TheManaging Climate Risk in Energy Sector Planning
Todd Schenk under the supervision of David Fairman, David Plumb, Lawrence Susskind, Philip Angell, and Kelly Levin
Eight-party negotiation (with option for a ninth person facilitator) regarding climate change issues in a situation loosely based on the situation in Ghana.Corporate Decision-Making Negotiation Role-Play:
Browning Brothers Search
Jeswald W. Salacuse
Five- to six-person negotiation between search committee members asked to reach consensus on characteristics needed for a new leader to right a financial company in crisisClimate Change Negotiation Role-Play:
Coastal Flooding and Climate-Related Risks in Launton
Seven-person, multi-issue facilitated negotiation among local government, community, business, and environmental representatives trying to reach agreement on a strategy for managing climate change risks in a small, beachfront community.
Climate Change Negotiation Role-Play:
Coastal Flooding in ShorehamResponding to Climate Change Risks
Seven-person, multi-issue facilitated negotiation among local government, community, business, and environmental representatives trying to reach agreement on a strategy for managing climate change risks in a medium-sized coastal community
Climate Change Negotiation Role-Play:
Finn River BasinNegotiating Boundary-Crossing Water-Management Agreements
Danya Rumore, Anjali Lohani, and Mubarik Imam
Seven-party, seven-person, multi-issue negotiation game involving a dispute over inter-provincial water allocations. It explores issues of prediction and monitoring, water sharing, and the environmental adequacy of water flows.Climate Change Negotiation Role-Play:
Flooding and Climate Change Risks in Northam
Seven-person, multi-issue facilitated negotiation among local government, community, business, environmental, and engineering representatives trying to reach agreement on a strategy for managing climate change risks in a small coastal city
Climate Change Negotiation Role-Play:
Flooding in MiltonCollectively Managing Climate Change Risks
Seven-person, multi-issue facilitated negotiation among local government, community, business, and environmental representatives trying to reach agreement on a strategy for managing climate change risks in a mid-size coastal city.
International Relations Negotiation Role-Play:
Negotiating with Another Federal Agency
Larry Susskind (MIT), Ona Ferguson, and Meredith Sciarrio
Two, separate, two-person, non-scorable negotiations: one between Technical Co-chairs from the Center for Disease Control and USAID; the other between a CDC Technical Co-Chair and the Minister of Health in the imaginary host country of Sabada.International Relations Negotiation Role-Play:
Negotiating with the Ministry of Health
Larry Susskind (MIT), Ona Ferguson, and Meredith Sciarrio
Two, separate, two-person, non-scorable negotiations: one between Technical Co-chairs from the Center for Disease Control and USAID; the other between a CDC Technical Co-Chair and the Minister of Health in the imaginary host country of Sabada.Corporate Decision-Making Negotiation Role-Play:
Negotiation of Rabbi Ben Newman's Employment Contract, The
Three party, single-issue negotiation of a rabbi’s employment contract
Climate Change Negotiation Role-Play:
Prioritizing Climate Change Adaptation MeasuresAgricultural Planning in the Bien Gio River Delta
Elizabeth Fierman under the supervision of David Fairman, David Plumb, Lawrence Susskind, Philip Angell, and Kelly Levin
Eight-party negotiation (with option for a ninth person facilitator) regarding climate change issues in a situation loosely based on the situation in Viet Nam.Business and Commercial Dispute Negotiation Role-Play:
Sally Soprano I
Norbert Jacker and Mark Gordon
Two-party integrative negotiation between agents for an opera singer and an opera house regarding a possible contract for an upcoming productionBusiness and Commercial Dispute Negotiation Role-Play:
Solar Power
Georg Berkel
Two-party, one-issue distributive negotiation about the acquisition of a renewable energy firmScience-Intensive Policy Disputes Negotiation Role-Play:
The Mercury Negotiation SimulationExplore the consequences of representing scientific uncertainty in a policy context
Leah C. Stokes, Lawrence Susskind, and Noelle E. Selin
This mercury game is a role-play simulation aimed at scientists, students and decision makers. Playing the game will help participants explore the consequences of representing scientific uncertainty in various ways in a policy context.Climate Change Negotiation Role-Play:
Water UseHelping Cities Adapt to Climate Change Risks (I)
Evan Thomas Paul and Jessica Agatstein under the direction of Professor Lawrence Susskind
This is a six-party, multi-issue negotiation game involving environmental, economic, social, and political interests in a city where the water infrastructure is inefficient and not up to the task of coping with extreme water events.Parties: 6. Time Req'd: 1-2 hrs. Teaching Notes: Yes.
International Relations Negotiation Role-Play:
West Wind in Pine Hills
A 2-participant, 2-issue, scorable negotiation between a wind company rep and a rural community rep about a proposed wind turbine project
