Negotiation is a highly important personal and professional skill which presents itself with numerous challenges. Understanding how to successfully negotiate with a variety of persons is important for effective communication across a variety of contexts. Complete both part one and part two of this assignment.

Part One: Role Play

Directions: choose ONE of the scenarios from the attached "Negotiation Scenarios" document, or an alternative scenarios

To successfully do your negotiation, follow the Seven Elements of Principled Negotiation found in the textbook and use those during your selected "Negotiation Scenario." For this assignment, you will serve as the initiating party of the negotiation. The objective is to gain a better understanding of the negotiation process and how each step functions.

You will need to solicit the help of one person. This person will take on the role of the adversarial party in your selected scenario.

One Volunteer

Please solicit the help of one volunteer, this can be a friend, family member, or classmate. This volunteer will help you role play the negotiation scenario. Share your selected scenario with the volunteer and inform them that there is no verbatim script, so they are encouraged to behave the way they feel the participant would in a real negotiation. Encourage your volunteer to approach this in a serious and realistic fashion when advocating for their assigned position. The provided scenarios should require about 20 minutes of your volunteers time in order to properly address the negotiation.

Part Two:

After conducting the negotiation, write a paper that discusses your experience and cites at least four credible and authoritative references. In your wrighting , analyze and reflect on your experience negotiating using the Seven Principles of Negotiation. Consider the following prompts:

1. Were you able to focus on the relationship or did it become competitive?
2. What elements of communication were you able to attend to and which did you struggle the most with?
3. Did you remain on the interest or did it get personal?
4. What options did you generate for the outcome?
5. What were your solution criteria?
6. Did you achieve your desired outcome or use the BATNA?
7. Was the commitment fair and realistic? How so?
8. How might this negotiation have been different if it were real and not a role play?

APA Style writing

Parents feuding senario

Jenny and Ashley both attend Madison Simis Elementary School. Both girls are in the third grade and have been friends since before they started kindergarten. One day while at recess, Jenny hits Ashley with the jump rope. Jenny says it was an accident, but Ashley thinks it was on purpose. Ashley tells the teacher about what happened and the teacher calls Ashleys parents.

When Ashleys parents ask her about the situation, Ashley tells them Jenny did it on purpose. Ashleys parents (Mr. and Mrs. Jones) promptly call Jennys parents (Mr. and Mrs. Smith) accusing them of being bad parents and raising a bully.

The Smiths are shocked and ask Jenny about the incident. She tells her parents it was an accident. The Smiths are shocked because the girls have played together for several years and they have started to become friends with the Jones.

The following afternoon, at a PTA meeting, Mrs. Jones begins yelling at Mrs. Smith again, accusing her of not knowing how to raise her children and says girls like Jenny are just mean girls. Mrs. Smith feels embarrassed and confused, but does not appreciate the way Mrs. Jones is talking about Jenny