Negotiating Globally: How to Negotiate Deals, Resolve Disputes, and Make Decisions Across Cultural Boundaries - Hardcover

Brett, Jeanne M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0787955868 ISBN 13: 9780787955861

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2001

Synopsis

Negotiating Globally is an essential resource that provides managers with an accessible framework to help them customize and adjust negotiations as they navigate cultural boundaries. Written by an internationally acknowledged expert on the subject, this book will help negotiators cross ethnocentric and geopolitical boundaries successfully as it provides solid information and strategies that will be useful in any cross-cultural negotiation. Packed with practical advice on how to manage cultural differences whenever they appear at the negotiation table, Negotiating Globally is a key resource when it comes to negotiating deals, resolving disputes, and making decisions in the global market. Instructive stories and cases from the author's original research give readers a real-world look at the author's advice in action.

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From the Publisher:

"Culturally sensitive negotiating skills are increasingly necessary for managing in multinational network organizations. Negotiating Globally willhelp managers and professionals acquire the knowledge and develop the skills that are indispensable in today's global business environment."
—Jacques Tibau, management development, UCB, Brussels

"If you face tough negotiations in multicultural settings this book covers all the bases. What makes it even better is that Jeanne Brett has developed and tested her strategic advice with thousands of international executives."
—Akihiro Okumura, professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, Keio University, Japan

"Need to resolve a dispute with a Chinese joint venture partner, close a deal with an Israeli software supplier, lead a multicultural team? Negotiating Globally will help you develop culturally sensitive strategies for all these settings."
—William P. Hobgood, senior vice president, People Division, United Airlines

"In a globalizing world, few subjects are as critical-or as confusing-as negotiating across cultural boundaries. Jeanne M. Brett's Negotiating Globally offers a wealth of fascinating data, insightful analysis, and practical advice to all those engaged in making deals, resolving disputes, or simply making decisions together with people from a different culture."
—William Ury, coauthor of Getting to YES and author of The Third Side

"Jeanne Brett originated Kellogg's negotiation curriculum. Now she has taken it global, working with managers from North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Her practical advice provides unique insight into the realities of negotiating globally." —Donald P. Jacobs, dean, J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

From the Back Cover:

In an increasingly global business environment, cultural misunderstandings may sabotage even the simplest negotiation. Negotiating Globally is an essential, highly accessible resource for navigating the boundaries of culture at the negotiating table. Jeanne M. Brett provides a clear framework to guide managers around cultural boundaries, close deals that create value, resolve disputes to preserve relationships, and make decisions that get implemented around the world. "Culturally sensitive negotiating skills are increasingly necessary for managing in multinational network organizations. Negotiating Globally will help managers and professionals acquire the knowledge and develop the skills that are indispensable in today's global business environment." --Jacques Tibau, management development, UCB, Brussels "If you face tough negotiations in multicultural settings this book covers all the bases. What makes it even better is that Jeanne Brett has developed and tested her strategic advice with thousands of international executives." --Akihiro Okumura, Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, Keio University, Japan "Need to resolve a dispute with a Chinese joint venture partner, close a deal with an Israeli software supplier, lead a multicultural team? Negotiating Globally will help you develop culturally sensitive strategies for all these settings." --William P. Hobgood, senior vice president, People Division, United Airlines "In a globalizing world, few subjects are as critical? or as confusing? as negotiating across cultural boundaries. Jeanne M. Brett's Negotiating Globally offers a wealth of fascinating data, insightful analysis, and practical advice to all those engaged in making deals, resolving disputes, or simply making decisions together with people from a different culture." --William Ury, coauthor of Getting to YES and author of The Third Side "Jeanne Brett originated Kellogg's negotiation curriculum. Now she has taken it global, working with managers from North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Her practical advice provides unique insight into the realities of negotiating globally." --Donald P. Jacobs, dean, J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

About this edition

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0787955868
• ISBN 13: 9780787955861
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 246