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1) deserve 2) achieve 3) persuade 4) start 5) want 6) need 7) get 8) remember 9) take 10) attend
Negotiation is a dialogue whose aim is to a) ______ agreements and it is a part of both your business and everyday life. This is the most important thing to b) ______ before you c) ______ negotiating with somebody about something. There are many situations when you d) ______ to negotiate, for example when you e) ______ to buy something for a much lower price, when you want to f) ______ a pay raise, when you want to g) ______ your business partner into buying for a higher price than he wanted or when you h) ______ a business meeting. Then try to i) ______ into consideration several strategies for successful negotiations and the process of getting what you want and j) ______ will be streamlined.
Read the 6 paragraphs below and match them with these headings:
Professional help
Attitude
Indifference
Limits
Research
Persuasion
A) ______
Find the synonyms of these adjectives in the first paragraph:
a) Helpful
b) Secure
c) Worth
d) Credible
B) ______
- Imperative - ________
- Inversion of word order for emphasis - _________
- Passive voice - _________
C) _______
You should be direct but light-hearted as nobody wants to negotiate with a badly disposed person. On the other hand, positive approach is as important as stating your objectives clearly and openly. Then the negotiation can be effective. If you want to be a good negotiator you should put your opponent into a win-win situation because the essential component of negotiation is trust. As a result, both of you should feel satisfied.
D) _______
Fill in a, an or the into the fourth paragraph.
You have to convince your opponent that you are willing to walk away from 1) _____ negotiations. But be prepared to actually walk away if the person does not meet your requirements. 2) _____ best training is with cheap goods. Remember, you should not get persuaded that this is 3) _____ only, unique or 4) _____ rare offer, it is just another tactic to make 5) _____ customer buy 6) _____ product. Make your opponent feel insecure by not responding immediately to their offer. If possible, you can try to wait for 7) _____ few days before you contact them with your answer or tell them you have 8) _____ better option. But 9) _____ option or better price should still be realistic; then, you can ask about whether 10) _____ opponent can offer any improvements.
E) _______
Make your opponent say yes. A successful strategy is to make them feel the most important decision makers and show a great deal of respect. You have a problem but they are the powerful ones who can help you with that. Moreover, each negotiation should finish in a positive way, shake hands with your opponent and offer your business for another future venture you can arrange together.
F) _______
If the communication or negotiation gets too difficult, do not forget that you can hire an expert.
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE HERE:
Fill in the following verbs... 1-j. 2-a, 3-g, 4-c, 5-e, 6-d, 7-f, 8-b, 9-i, 10-h
A) Research
a) Useful, b) safe, c) valuable, d) confidential
B) Limits
· Make sure, Keep your goal and stick to the limits. Never make your decisions in a hurry.
· never should you accept,
· be set, be pushed
C) Attitude
D) Indifference
Fill in a, an or the into the fourth paragraph..
1) the, 2) the, 3) the, 4) a, 5) the, 6) a, 7) a, 8) a, 9) the, 10) the
E) Persuasion
F) Professional help
Skrivanek ja najväčšia jazyková agentúra v strednej a východnej Európe. Na trhu jazykových služieb pôsobí už od roku 1994. Kancelárie a učebne agentúry Skrivanek nájdete v 3 mestách na Slovensku a v ďalších 13 krajinách sveta.
Ako jedna z najväčších prekladateľských agentúr v Európe sa stal Skrivanek uznávaným šecialistom na európske a ázijské jazyky. Zamestnáva viac ako 400 kvalifikovaných jazykových odborníkov a ponúka odborné preklady do všetkých jazykov.
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