Special Issue Article

Approaching Negotiation at the Organizational Level

Authors
  • Adrian Borbély
  • Andrea Caputo

Abstract

How can an organization improve its negotiation skills? The following article aims to answer this question by investigating how, and why, an organization's negotiation capability should be developed. We propose a four‐level Organizational Model of Negotiation (OMoN), in which the individual level (I) concerns how people interact at the negotiation table; the linkages level (II) concerns how different negotiations impact one another; the infrastructure level (III) concerns how an organization may organize its negotiation functions; and finally, the capability level (IV) concerns how negotiation can be the source of competitive advantage. Our framework opens the path for developing the understanding of this issue by presenting teaching resources and identifying a possible theoretical underpinning. The article also presents a broad research agenda, which offers the basis for future studies to integrate concepts from different fields of research, such as from the management and strategy literature, into the field of negotiation.

Keywords: negotiation, strategy, management, negotiation infrastructure, capability, Organizational Model of Negotiation (OMoN)

How to Cite:

Borbély, A. & Caputo, A., (2017) “Approaching Negotiation at the Organizational Level”, Negotiation and Conflict Management Research 10(4), 306-323. doi: https://doi.org/10.34891/aqhq-0816

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Published on
06 Oct 2017
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