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Commercial Negotiation
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CIPS Commercial Negotiation Syllabus
Analyse the application of commercial negotiations in the work of procurement and supply/ Negotiation in relation to the stages of the sourcing process
Understand key approaches in the negotiation of commercial agreements with external organisations/ Sources of conflict that can arise in the work of procurement and supply
Team management and the influence of stakeholders in negotiations/ Definitions of commercial negotiation
Setting targets and creating a best alternative to a negotiated agreement (BATNA)/ Collaborative win-win integrative approaches to negotiations
Differentiate between the types of approaches that can be pursued in commercial negotiations/ Distributive win-lose, distributive approaches to negotiation
Organisational power: comparing the relative power of purchasers and suppliers/ Explain how the balance of power in commercial negotiations can affect outcomes
How purchasers can improve leverage with suppliers/ The importance of power in commercial negotiations
Building relationships based on reputation, and trust/ Repairing a relationship/ The relationship spectrum
Identify the different types of relationships that impact on commercial negotiations/ Pragmatic and principled styles of negotiation
Costing methods such as absorption, marginal or variable and activity based costing/ Know how to prepare for negotiations with external organisations
Macroeconomics and its influence on commercial negotiations/ Contrast the economic factors that impact on commercial negotiations
Setting objectives and defining the variables for a commercial negotiation/ Use of telephone, teleconferencing or web based meetings
How behaviours should change during the different stages of a negotiation/ Compare the key communication skills that help achieve desired outcomes
Analyse how to assess the process and outcomes of negotiations to inform future practice/ Protecting relationships after the negotiation