Summary of My negotiation from the Opera-case and how I think it was different from other cases
The Opera case was a case about relationship and reputation, it made the negotiation a little bit different. We discussed the case in a more open way and were really honest to each other, we also applied many of the things we had learnt from the book and classes.
When I compared with other cases I could see how we negotiated in a less stressful way and did focus on the problem and not on positions. And I think we learnt a lot of things for the following cases that ended up more open and with a focus on the problem.
My negotiation from the Opera-case and how I think it was different from other cases
At first I though it should be like the other cases but when I started to read I understood that the deal was not really about money it was more about a relationship and reputation.
Our Negotiation
We started the negotiation with a discussion over the problem, the Opera needed a singer and Sally Soprano needed a job. Both of them have some wishes and we tried to solve them in the best way we could during the short time we had to negotiate. We started a really open negotiation as both parts really wanted to have a solution to the problem. We also talked about different requirements and solutions. I could really feel that both of us had learnt new things from the classes that we used in the negotiation as we did a more relevant discussion and listen to the other persons opinion.
We discussed the case and came to some conclusions. The Opera really wanted Sally for the role and Sally really needed a job as she was having a hard time with her career. We talked about the what salary she had got earlier for the same role, what Mrs Risingstar would have got and what the other singer, who was really inexperienced, would have got. As the negotiation was just a short time before and it takes long time to teach a new singer, did the Opera not have many