ERIC Number: EJ1028966
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 7
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Let's Make a Deal: A Dynamic Exercise for Practicing Negotiation Skills
Beenen, Gerard; Barbuto, John E.
Journal of Education for Business, v89 n3 p149-155 2014
Because negotiation is among the most important skills for a manager to develop, activities that can foster its development are valuable for educators. The authors present an original exercise that introduces three key concepts in negotiation: best alternative to a negotiated agreement, distributive bargaining, and integrative bargaining. They review these concepts and present the exercise and its purpose, and execution, then debrief. A unique feature of the exercise is that instructors can configure dynamic buyer-seller dyads with varying distributions of power between parties. A pre- and posttest using four questions to assess learning with Master of Business Administration students and undergraduates suggest that the exercise is an effective teaching tool.
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, Learning Activities, Negotiation Agreements, Pretests Posttests, Instructional Effectiveness, College Instruction, Power Structure
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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