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The Government Manager's Guide to Contract Negotiation
About this book
The Government Manager's Guide to Contract Negotiation Federal managers often find themselves at the negotiating table, charged with reaching a solid, fair deal for their agency. Now, you can gain a competitive edge in even the most difficult negotiations with time-tested, effective tactics from a noted authority on federal negotiations. This guide will help you understand the negotiation process, plan for it, develop strategies and tactics, anticipate and counter the other side's strategies and tactics, and conclude and document the negotiation. Concise, accessible, and authoritative, this book offers a veritable arsenal of winning strategies that you and your team can use in your next negotiation.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- CHAPTER 1: Government Negotiation Goals
- CHAPTER 2: The Negotiation Team
- CHAPTER 3: Gathering Data and Establishing Prenegotiation Objectives
- CHAPTER 4: Researching the Other Party
- CHAPTER 5: Developing the Negotiation Plan
- CHAPTER 6: Developing the Negotiation Agenda
- CHAPTER 7: Assigning Negotiation Roles
- CHAPTER 8: Using Tactics in Negotiations
- CHAPTER 9: Time Tactics
- CHAPTER 10: Question and Trial Balloon Tactics
- CHAPTER 11: The Silence Tactic
- CHAPTER 12: The Vise Tactic
- CHAPTER 13: The Order-of-Issues Tactic
- CHAPTER 14: The Good Cop/Bad Cop Tactic
- CHAPTER 15: The Caucus Tactic
- CHAPTER 16: The Nibble Tactic
- CHAPTER 17: The Ambiguous Authority Tactic
- CHAPTER 18: The Bracketing Tactic
- CHAPTER 19: The Set-Aside Tactic
- CHAPTER 20: The Tradeoff Tactic
- CHAPTER 21: The Coupling Tactic
- CHAPTER 22: The Empty Pockets Tactic
- CHAPTER 23: The Climate Control Tactic
- CHAPTER 24: The Strength-in-Numbers Tactic
- CHAPTER 25: The Walk-in-the-Woods Tactic
- CHAPTER 26: The Anger Tactic
- CHAPTER 27: The Personal Attack Tactic
- CHAPTER 28: The Guilt-Trip Tactic
- CHAPTER 29: The Frustration Tactic
- CHAPTER 30: The Walkout Tactic
- CHAPTER 31: The Lock-In Tactic
- CHAPTER 32: The Decoy Tactic
- CHAPTER 33: The Deliberate Mistake Tactic
- CHAPTER 34: Setting the Stage for the Negotiation
- CHAPTER 35: Opening the Negotiation
- CHAPTER 36: Conducting the Negotiation
- CHAPTER 37: Closing the Negotiation
- CHAPTER 38: Documenting the Negotiation
- CHAPTER 39: Final Thoughts
- REFERENCES AND RESOURCES
- INDEX
- Back Cover