The Consensus Building Approach to Dealing With Town Hall Disruptions
The debate over how to reform health care has quickly become volatile and often unproductive, with the media focusing on who brings the largest group of shouting … Read This Post
Financial Negotiations: Brad Pitt’s Negotiation Nightmare
In challenging economic times, negotiators can find themselves in an entirely new ball game. That’s what happened to actor Brad Pitt, film director Steven Soderbergh, and their … Read This Post
Balancing Competing Interests, Waxman Style
What if you were Henry Waxman?
Waxman, in case you haven’t been following the healthcare debate closely, is a man in the middle. The Democratic representative from California … Read Balancing Competing Interests, Waxman Style
Wall Street Journal promotes Alternative Dispute Resolution for Gates/Crowley conflict
As the controversy surrounding the arrest of Harvard Prof. Henry Louis Gates heats up, the Wall Street Journal weighs in on Alternative Dispute Resolution. Click here to … Read This Post
Mnookin Calls for Mediation
In an interview with the Boston Globe, Professor Robert H. Mnookin, Chair of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, responds to the national debate on … Read Mnookin Calls for Mediation
Become a Better Haggler
Imagine you’re celebrating a special occasion with friends at an upscale restaurant. Soon after you take your seats, the wine director introduces himself and hands you a … Read Become a Better Haggler
Negotiation Journal July issue focuses on mediation, multi-party negotiation, trade negotiations and curiosity
As the use of mediation continues to grow, researchers continue to examine what makes mediators effective and what the impact of mediation is on parties in dispute. … Read This Post
Obama healthcare moves follow Harvard playbook
President Obama’s healthcare reform game plan is classic “3-D Negotiation,” a strategy developed at the Harvard Program on Negotiation.
We have no idea whether the President or his … Read Obama healthcare moves follow Harvard playbook
Discussing the bottom line in budget negotiations
The PON Clearinghouse offers hundreds of role simulations, from two-party, single-issue negotiations to complex multi-party exercises. Multimode, Inc. is a two-party intra-organization negotiation between a company’s financial … Read Discussing the bottom line in budget negotiations
Sharing the market
The PON Clearinghouse offers hundreds of role simulations, from two-party, single-issue negotiations to complex multi-party exercises. The Pepulator Pricing Exercise is a two-team, scoreable, multiple round, … Read Sharing the market
Instructing the negotiator
The Clearinghouse at PON offers hundreds of role simulations, from two-party, single-issue negotiations to complex multi-party exercises. The Ship Bumping Case is a two-party international negotiation … Read Instructing the negotiator
2009 Winner of the Roger Fisher/Frank E. A. Sander Student Paper Prize Announced
Congratulations to Sean McDonnell (HLS ’09), the 2009 Fisher/Sander Prize Winner, for his paper “Fighting With Faith: The Role of Religion in Dealing With Modern Conflict.”
This prize … Read This Post