Chapter 02
Strategy and Tactics of Distributive Bargaining
Fill in the Blank Questions
1. Distributive bargaining is basically a competition over who is going to get the most of a _______________________.
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2. Whether or not one or both par...
2. The term ____________ is used to describe the competitive, win-lose situations such as
haggling over price that happens at yard sale, flea market, or used car lot.
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3. Negotiating parties always negotiate by ____________.
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4. There are times when you should _________ negotiate.
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5. Successful negotiation involves the management of ____________ (e.g., the price or
the terms of agreement) and also the resolution of ____________.
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6. Independent parties are able to meet their own ____________ without the help and
assistance of others.
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7. The mix of convergent and conflicting goals characterizes many ____________
relationships.
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8. The ____________ of people's goals, and the ____________ of the situation in which they
are going to negotiate, strongly shapes negotiation processes and outcomes.
,9. Whether you should or should not agree on something in a negotiation depends
entirely upon the attractiveness to you of the best available _________.
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10. When parties are interdependent, they have to find a way to ____________ their
differences.
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11. Negotiation is a ____________ that transforms over time.
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12. Negotiations often begin with statements of opening ____________.
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13. When one party accepts a change in his or her position, a ____________ has been
made.
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14. Two of the dilemmas in mutual adjustment that all negotiators face are the dilemma
of ____________ and the dilemma of ____________.
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15. Most actual negotiations are a combination of claiming and ____________ value
processes.
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16. _______________________ is analyzed as it affects the ability of the group to make
decisions, work productively, resolve its differences, and continue to achieve its goals
effectively.
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17. Most people initially believe that ____________ is always bad or dysfunctional.
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18. The objective is not to eliminate conflict but to learn how to manage it to control the
____________ elements while enjoying the productive aspects.
, 19. The two-dimensional framework called the _______________________ postulates that
people in conflict have two independent types of concern.
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20. Parties who employ the ____________ strategy maintain their own aspirations and try
to persuade the other party to yield.
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True / False Questions
21. Negotiation is a process reserved only for the skilled diplomat, top salesperson, or
ardent advocate for an organized lobby.
True False
22. Many of the most important factors that shape a negotiation result do not occur
during the negotiation, but occur after the parties have negotiated.
True False
23. Negotiation situations have fundamentally the same characteristics.
True False
24. A creative negotiation that meets the objectives of all sides may not require
compromise.
True False
25. The parties prefer to negotiate and search for agreement rather than to fight openly,
have one side dominate and the other capitulate, permanently break off contact, or
take their dispute to a higher authority to resolve it.
True False
26. It is possible to ignore intangibles, because they affect our judgment about what is
fair, or right, or appropriate in the resolution of the tangibles.
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