The Government Manager's Guide to Contract Negotiation
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The Government Manager's Guide to Contract Negotiation

  1. 144 pages
  2. English
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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

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  5. Dedication
  6. CONTENTS
  7. PREFACE
  8. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  9. CHAPTER 1: Government Negotiation Goals
  10. CHAPTER 2: The Negotiation Team
  11. CHAPTER 3: Gathering Data and Establishing Prenegotiation Objectives
  12. CHAPTER 4: Researching the Other Party
  13. CHAPTER 5: Developing the Negotiation Plan
  14. CHAPTER 6: Developing the Negotiation Agenda
  15. CHAPTER 7: Assigning Negotiation Roles
  16. CHAPTER 8: Using Tactics in Negotiations
  17. CHAPTER 9: Time Tactics
  18. CHAPTER 10: Question and Trial Balloon Tactics
  19. CHAPTER 11: The Silence Tactic
  20. CHAPTER 12: The Vise Tactic
  21. CHAPTER 13: The Order-of-Issues Tactic
  22. CHAPTER 14: The Good Cop/Bad Cop Tactic
  23. CHAPTER 15: The Caucus Tactic
  24. CHAPTER 16: The Nibble Tactic
  25. CHAPTER 17: The Ambiguous Authority Tactic
  26. CHAPTER 18: The Bracketing Tactic
  27. CHAPTER 19: The Set-Aside Tactic
  28. CHAPTER 20: The Tradeoff Tactic
  29. CHAPTER 21: The Coupling Tactic
  30. CHAPTER 22: The Empty Pockets Tactic
  31. CHAPTER 23: The Climate Control Tactic
  32. CHAPTER 24: The Strength-in-Numbers Tactic
  33. CHAPTER 25: The Walk-in-the-Woods Tactic
  34. CHAPTER 26: The Anger Tactic
  35. CHAPTER 27: The Personal Attack Tactic
  36. CHAPTER 28: The Guilt-Trip Tactic
  37. CHAPTER 29: The Frustration Tactic
  38. CHAPTER 30: The Walkout Tactic
  39. CHAPTER 31: The Lock-In Tactic
  40. CHAPTER 32: The Decoy Tactic
  41. CHAPTER 33: The Deliberate Mistake Tactic
  42. CHAPTER 34: Setting the Stage for the Negotiation
  43. CHAPTER 35: Opening the Negotiation
  44. CHAPTER 36: Conducting the Negotiation
  45. CHAPTER 37: Closing the Negotiation
  46. CHAPTER 38: Documenting the Negotiation
  47. CHAPTER 39: Final Thoughts
  48. REFERENCES AND RESOURCES
  49. INDEX
  50. Back Cover