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How to negotiate a Fair Solution?

When you're negotiating with someone you want to continue working with in the future, your ultimate goal is to reach a solution that meets everyone's true needs - including your own.

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Question added by Nadia Ahmed Mohammed Saeed , T/L. Credi t& Risk , Canar Telecommunication Co. LTD.
Date Posted: 2013/12/03

I put myself in his place and look at the subject from both sides and another party and the third party is a party neutral

Preparing for a Successful Negotiation

Depending on the scale of the disagreement, some preparation may be appropriate for conducting a successful negotiation.

For small disagreements, excessive preparation can be counter-productive because it takes time that is better used elsewhere. It can also be seen as manipulative because, just as it strengthens your position, it can weaken the other person's.

However, if you need to resolve a major disagreement, then make sure you prepare thoroughly. think through the following points before you start negotiating:

  • Goals: what do you want to get out of the negotiation? What do you think the other person wants?
  • Trades: What do you and the other person have that you can trade? What do you each have that the other wants? What are you each comfortable giving away?
  • Alternatives: if you don't reach agreement with the other person, what alternatives do you have? Are these good or bad? How much does it matter if you do not reach agreement? Does failure to reach an agreement cut you out of future opportunities? And what alternatives might the other person have?
  • Relationships: what is the history of the relationship? Could or should this history impact the negotiation? Will there be any hidden issues that may influence the negotiation? How will you handle these?
  • Expected outcomes: what outcome will people be expecting from this negotiation? What has the outcome been in the past, and what precedents have been set?
  • The consequences: what are the consequences for you of winning or losing this negotiation? What are the consequences for the other person?
  • Power: who has what power in the relationship? Who controls resources? Who stands to lose the most if agreement isn't reached? What power does the other person have to deliver what you hope for?
  • Possible solutions: based on all of the considerations, what possible compromises might there be?

 

Mohammed Salim Allana
by Mohammed Salim Allana , Compliance and Assurance Manager , United Arab Bank

1. Never spoil or destroy the professional relationship.

2. Mutually agreed to work on the common targets.

3. Decide about your personal career growth and then work towards to achieve those goals.

4. Working life is a business, ensure to protect the interest of the company and your personal interest as well.

mohamed sabeen
by mohamed sabeen , QHSE Manager , Novus catering service

The negotiation itself is a careful exploration of your position and the other person's position, with the goal of finding a mutually acceptable compromise that gives you both as much of what you want as possible. People's positions are rarely as fundamentally opposed as they may initially appear – the other person may have very different goals from the ones you expect!

In an ideal situation, you will find that the other person wants what you are prepared to trade, and that you are prepared to give what the other person wants.

If this is not the case and one person must give way, then it is fair for this person to try to negotiate some form of compensation for doing so – the scale of this compensation will often depend on the many of the factors we discussed above. Ultimately, both sides should feel comfortable with the final solution if the agreement is to be considered win-win.

Only consider win-lose negotiation if you don't need to have an ongoing relationship with the other party as, having lost, they are unlikely to want to work with you again. Equally, you should expect that if they need to fulfill some part of a deal in which you have "won," they may be uncooperative and legalistic about the way they do this.

Mohammed Kalache
by Mohammed Kalache , Asistant Category Manager , Starbucks Middle East & Africa ( Alshaya )

Win Win Deal , Is Always Based on Agree , Set A Meeting And Start 

Put The Point That You Need

And The Point That You Can Show them That You Can Lose it for The Work

Binod Timsina
by Binod Timsina , Human Resources Business Partner , CG Corp Global │ Chaudhary Group

To protect Self dignity is the first way to keep fair solution. Kindly handle the situation without hampering other while doing negotiation. Always try to protect your honesty and deal with your kind work. 

Salah EL Wetidi
by Salah EL Wetidi , Plant Manager , Future office furniture

use  "win-win" negotiation

 

Negotiation Skills

1-First Agree on the Terms and Scope of the Dispute

2-See Yourself from the Other Party’s Point of View

3-See the Other Party from Their Point of View

4-Be Honest, and Get Your Facts Right

5-Use Silence To Your Advantage

6-Find Some Objective, Fair Standards All Sides Can Agree Upon

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