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    Roger Fisher and William Ury’s book, Getting to Yes, proposes a variety of negotiation strategies and tools. The authors break their method down into four procedures and demonstrate them in common negotiation scenarios. They encourage readers to break away from the two extremes of soft and hard bargaining to seek a third approach. They call the third approach “principled negotiation” or “negotiation on the merits”. I submit that the procedures proposed in Getting to Yes alternatively break down

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    Can We Tackle the Concussion Battle? Can We Tackle the Concussion Battle Within Football? Introduction The National Football League (NFL) or as some people may say, “Not for long” is responsible for some of the greatest athletes. Excellence appears to be their one goal, which is to win Super Bowl championships. Some players perform at a high level for a while, whereas others don’t have a chance at experiencing actual playing time on the field at all. NFL players are less and less likely

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    Roger waters, band member of Pink Floyd, wrote almost the entire album of “The wall”, one of Pink Floyd’s most popular albums, a top three sellers, with over 23 million records sold. He was the singer, songwriter and bassist for Pink Floyd. David Gilmour wrote the music while he was working on a solo album in 1978. He brought it to “The Wall” album sessions and Waters wrote lyrics for it. Gilmour believed that the song, “ comfortably numb” could be divided into 2 sections: Dark and light.

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    Pink Floyd, an English psychedelic-rock band founded in 1965, was originally made up of construction students Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Nick Mason, and Richard Wright. They originally started performing in London’s underground scene in the late 60s, and under Syd Barrett’s creative leadership they released two charting singles and a successful debut album. In December 1967, the group added David Gilmour as the band’s fifth member following the mental breakdown of Syd Barrett during their support

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    Tamaris Purvines Assignment Three LDR 404 07/29/2012 Assignment Three Part One There are several different processes, ideas, and efforts that go into the overall practices of effective negotiation and conflict resolution. Yet no productive negotiation could be possible without the valuable use of skills. Two types of skills can help a successful negotiator. The first type is hard skills, which are guidelines, strategic measures, or anything that can be copied down onto paper and taught

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    include: what qualities make certain innovations spread rapidly than others, the value of peer-peer conversations and peer networks during social changes, and assessing and understanding the needs of different individuals in a specific population (Rogers, 2003, p 35-36). One of the most pressing obstacles for Human Resources departments and organizational management is the ongoing development of employee’s talent that is capable of meeting the business objectives

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    Furthermore, point out Fisher and Ury, bargaining from the priority of position rather than interests sets the table for the old adversarial (perceived) outcome of one winner and one loser. It need not be that way. Putting interest over positions and sharing those interests and getting the other party to share their interests is part of that 3rd concept added here; honesty and with that honesty comes trust. Trust is necessary for long-term relationships and that trust and the honesty necessary are

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    Regardless of the object being reviewed, there are a number of essential features of writing a review at a professional standard. This essay will examine each of those features with reference to two reviews of films which explore a specific theme. Firstly, however, the meaning of the term ‘professional standard’ must be established. There are standards that all professions must follow. These are to do with ethics and values. At the very least, standards of professionalism indicate a level of “expertise”

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    Survival is the key struggle in The Shawshank Redemption. This film takes place in the corrupt Shawshank State Penitentiary where mental and physical abuses inflicted upon prisoners are the hard realities of the system. For the prisoners of Shawshank, life is often bleak and violent. However, the will to survive is what keeps the characters motivated to retain their humanity and challenge the institutionalization of Shawshank. In particular, the film’s main protagonists, Andy Dufresne and Ellis “Red”

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    From a prickly significant other, an overbearing supervisor, an inflexible sales person to a complex client and an awkward young adult, life is filled with situations that need tough negotiations. Getting Past No delivers an incredibly simple and timeless approach to dealing with difficult people and difficult situations. Over the years, negotiation has become a dominant practice of making decisions within family settings, work environments and political atmospheres. Even in diplomacy, negotiation

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