Now we are all negotiators, but which type are we ?
Firstly when Mia asks I choose "Accommodation" style of negotiation : individuals who enjoy solving the other party's problems and preserving personal relationships. As I said before, in my blog, I am not that kind of people who doesn't think about relationship during a negotiation, I focus on the human aspect overtime and in negotiation too.
Therefore, I think that there is not a good negotiation style, it will depend on different factors : the other part, the importance of the negotiation, the main of the negotiation, for who the negotiation is (for me, for my boss..) .. A good negotiator will be able to adapt.
But I want to add that for me, the best negotiating style is a mix of collaborating, competing and compromising styles. It looks like : enjoyment to negotiate + creativity + doing what is fair and equal for all parties.. That's why I want to develop my competing and collaborating style, because I think that I also have a compromising style.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK7awi5LPDM
This is a short "styles of negotiation" video for people who prefers videos than images !
After this point that allows us to focus on what king of negotiation we were before the beginning of this course and what we are now, we made a group negotiation.
I was part of the Tampere Team !
The game was very exciting because it a real one, and our solutions might be used by Mia and her colleagues..
My group ideas were :
-changing the meeting place each time, Helsinki or Tampere or also others cities between both
-1 skye meeting/video conference one month, 1 face-to-face meeting (social oriented meeting) the next month
The Final negotiation (with the 3 teams) was very quick and all of us agreed with :
- Changing the meeting place each time between Tampere-Helsinki-Cities near to both cities
-1 video conference meeting one month, 1 meeting (social oriented --> family week-end : 1st day is the business meeting the 2nd day is the family day with activities..) the next month..
We managed all our personal contraints, for example one of my team member is a single mom and has responsibilities..
We also managed the "surprise" : unfortunately the 3rd branch of the company will close in few weeks, but we are very happy to welcome our future colleagues !
After that it was time to focus on our next assessment : Group assignment !
With 2 colleagues of my team we discussed about our topic.. And I will not write about it : surprise surprise ! I really think that it will be funny !
Good luck for you Exams ! I believe in all of you ! See you the 3rd of November
Hello Louiza,
RépondreSupprimerFirst of all I must say it was a good idea to include a video into the blog. It is a good alternative for reading. The video well demonstrates the different types of negotiation styles that there are. Secondly I think that the negotiation exercise on the previous lesson was good and I was surprised how fast everybody reached an agreement. Let's hope it helps Mia out somehow =)
Hello Heikki, sorry for the delay,Thanks for your comment,
SupprimerYes that's why I have chosen to post a video, and I'm happy that you find it's a good idea,
Oh yes it was very fast and I also hope that it can help Mia and her colleague !
I agree, a good negotiator is a mix. While I think all these styles will not solve the real negotiation problems at all, it will just guide us to be more skillful.
RépondreSupprimerBy the way, You have a special style, you are calm and efficient.
Hey Yann,
SupprimerThanks for your comment and for letting me know my negotiation style, because sometimes it's helpful to have other's view.
I am strongly agree with your views and the video is really a nice idea.
RépondreSupprimerBy the way "how you are able to write such a huge blog every week ?"
Hey,
RépondreSupprimerThanks for posting a comment on my blog,
I also liked the video.
I try to do my best to post every week, because I know that if I just say "do it later" i will never do it and forget everything about the lecture.