Intermediate Learning Experience Analysis

Negotiations are something that everyone experiences and does at some level. Even if informal, people negotiate and barter using what they have to offer to get what they want all of the time. However, there are times in life where the negotiations are much more serious and the stakes a lot higher. Whether official or unofficial, there are negotiation tactics and conditions that should be watched out for because they are a sign of potential problems.

Neither party should enter the negotiation in a head-on confrontational manner. Both parties should allow the other to be open in their communication, listens carefully to each other’s position and interests, and summarize what is said to clarify understanding. Once both parties have expressed their needs, they must seek alignment.

The first thing that I learned from completing the Stitt Feld Handy negotiation simulations is that taking positions—focusing on the goal, what one wants, in the early stages of the negotiation process can sometimes result in unfavorable outcomes (Cahn & Abigail, 2014, p.233). Sometimes the best course of action to take is to focus on interests—those underlying needs that are fulfilled by taking various positions, as opposed to focusing on positions (Cahn & Abigail, 2014, p.233). By focusing on interests, it is possible to find common ground and the likelihood of reaching mutually satisfying outcomes is greater.

Going into the Teach Live session I was very excited and could not wait to experience what it would be like to teach a real lesson. At first when hearing about the assignment I thought to myself this was going to be hard for me to do. This is so because I am a very shy and closed off person, my voice gets shaky when I have to speak in front of a group, and I have never done anything such as a Teach Life lesson before. The day of the Teach Live I was jittery and elated that whole day, I just knew I was going to kill it. I arrived 15 minutes early and Mr. C made sure I felt very comfortable and was ready. While sitting there preparing to teach the lesson I had chosen, fear and nervousness swept over me and I began to worry. A few minutes before I began the Teach Live session all the fear and negativity left my mind and body. Then when the session began and I saw the virtual students a smile grew on my face, sending a cooling, calm sensation through my body.

Negotiation is one of the most common approaches used to make decisions and manage disputes. It is also the major building block for many other alternative dispute resolution procedures. According to Christopher W (2012), negotiation is the principal way that people redefine an old relationship that is not working to their satisfaction or establish a new relationship where none existed before. Because negotiation is such a common problem-solving process, it is in everyone 's interest to become familiar with negotiating dynamics and skills. This section is designed to identify what worked well and not well in the negotiation. In addition, to present strategies that generally makes the negotiation more efficient and improvement in the next

I found emotional flexibility to be very important because considering others emotions is key in successfully enforcing change. Change is an exchange or give-and-take between the agents advocating for it, and the individuals affected. Often times the change process is faced with many concerns and sometimes resistance due to differences in opinions and emotions between the parties involved (leaders and followers).

By far the most effective negotiation technique I’ve identified is the Compromising Style. This could be seen as a quitters approach to coming to a solution, but I beg to differ. It was once told to me that a job is an occupation when the employee looks at the clock waiting for the day to end, and a career the work is never done (Chris Rock). This is phases describes how a career is a combination of ever changing projects that lead to multiple goals, but the employee is dedicated to complete them. The Air Force is a career, and like the previous quote the goals are more important to me than getting lost in negotiation. Ultimately, it is my belief that relationships and the purpose of both requests are honored by compromise.

I believe this assignment has been a true learning experience thus far. In my current position, I am assigned to various committees in which we must work together to accomplished established goals and objectives. I have noticed that on occasions group assignments can have a negative impact on moral. I believe that these negative experiences were influencing my opinions as it pertains to group projects and working with teams. As of now, I can honestly say that working in my group has been a pleasant learning experience. I can see how we are going through various stages as the due date for the finalized product comes to fruition. We easily formed an initial group and divided ourselves into two parts with little to no resistance. As we made that shift I did have some preconceived ideas that it may not go as smooth as I

The Change Management lesson defines adaptability as the ability to adjust to changed, unexpected, or ambiguous situations by actively seeking information and by demonstrating openness and support of different and innovative change ideas. In order to be an effective leader, noncommissioned officers must be adaptable. The three elements of adaptability are cognitive, emotional, and dispositional

Fisher and Ury tell us that there is a third way of conducting negotiation and this the focus of the book is called 'principled negotiating'. This way is neither hard nor soft but combines a combination of both procedures. This is the win-win way where

As this negotiation is a combination of both distributive and integrative. I choose a combination of tactics that allows benefits for both the parties. The selected tactics are

Communication styles in negotiation are probably one of the most important skills or characteristics one will develop over a lifetime. From the point a human being begins to develop cognitive skills, the process of learning and understanding situations become more apparent. One will learn from a very young age the dynamics and characteristics of communication and its role in negotiation. To better understand the communication process, one must be able to recognize how they communicate, whether it is on an assertive, aggressive, passive, or passive-aggressive level of communication. The manner in which one conveys his/her message is critical, and the many methods in which they do it is

“We learn something new everyday, we are always growing until the day we die” said by Bill Vaughan. Learning is a lesson that is always changing we each learn new things we are proud of. However, when trying to gain a ability to do something, we have to keep trying. Giving up before getting anywhere is not an option. “Do or do not there is no try” said by Yoda from “Star Wars”. I have had many important experiences in my life, but I have the fondest memory of one specific learning moment that greatly affected my life. I will now “show” everyone a time where I learned how to swim.

A continuous process, I assessed the various conflict styles, as well as how each individual role conflict style would interact with the styles of the other parties involved (which I will expand on in the next section). It was important for me to also assess my own style in relation to my role and any predetermined bias (considering my individual background) that I might have. This meant that my own environmentally conscious views could not influence the way in which I negotiated when representing the Irrigators group, as they were pushing for things such as more water to produce food and crops. Being aware of this helped me assert my interests when the other parties would try to sway for other options (which happened often). There were only a few cases where I built coalitions with Pat and Chi. Aside from that, the coalition forming and grouping happened more amongst the others. Because of my directing type behavior in this negotiation, I believe that I was able to advocate more vocally than the others at times

Negotiation is all about a strategy. The end result is usually to end a problem that someone is having, whether it is personally or