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A Business Plan For Tat Strategy After Forming A Strong Relationship With The Recruiter Based On Trust

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In this negotiation I would adopt a tit-for-tat strategy after forming a strong relationship with the recruiter based on trust. Having established a rapport I would seek to make the first offer using strong anchors then offer concessions in small instalments. The rationale behind this strategy is to build trust so that I can accommodate the needs and interests of the recruiter into my offer. By sticking to my BATNA and strong anchoring early it would allow me to have room to make concessions. I would seek to approach this negotiation with an open mind and with the intent to validate and/or challenge any preconceptions I had going into it. I take careful and considered approach in which my emotions don’t take hold during the negotiation. …show more content…

(Cialdini, 2001). This initial rapport building is aimed at assisting the recruiter to understand my justification for later requests and make it clear that I wish to work for them (Malhotra, 2014). Another aim is to understand the other person’s interests and so that I can identify possible constraints (Malhotra, 2014). This will require that I engage in active listening not just effective communication. The main issue going into this negotiation is understanding and addressing Computron’s constraints as well as the recruiter’s. As the candidate I know some market estimates, which guide my bargaining zone estimates, but I don’t know what the constraints and preferences of the recruiter are. Therefore my strategy is to make installment concessions that would allow me to better gauge the bargaining zone.
Once the initial rapport is built up I would attempt to negotiate using the principles of Ury and Fisher (1987): bargain over interests not positions (reconciling interests), isolate the issues from the person, ask direct questions and acknowledge their interests as part of the problem. The aim is not to align interests but to acknowledge the differences, in order to address them and then build on them. A key issue in negotiations is that there are always conflicting interests and agendas. This is attributable to the fact that “the world as it is perceived is the world that is behaviorally important” (Robbins & Judge, 2013,

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