The Definition of Negotiation: A Play in Three Acts

Missouri Journal of Dispute Resolution 2017 (1)

Marquette Law School Legal Studies Paper No. 17-06

15 Pages Posted: 23 Jan 2017 Last revised: 11 Aug 2017

See all articles by Andrea Kupfer Schneider

Andrea Kupfer Schneider

Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Noam Ebner

Creighton University Heider College of Business

David Matz

University of Massachusetts Boston

John Lande

University of Missouri School of Law

Date Written: 2017

Abstract

This article is based on a provocative conversation between Andrea Kupfer Schneider, Noam Ebner, and David Matz as they drove to the airport following the University of Missouri’s symposium, Moving Negotiation Theory From the Tower of Babel Toward a World of Mutual Understanding. After a while, John Lande metaphorically joined their quest to find a good definition of negotiation. They considered examples of interactions with deans, judges, bank officers, grocers, drivers, terrorists, and muggers, among others, to try to identify critical elements of negotiation. For example, can the interaction be called a negotiation, if one party holds all the cards? Is it a negotiation if only one party is interested in negotiating? This article should stimulate readers’ thinking about this deceptively challenging question, and is particularly appropriate for use in negotiation courses.

Keywords: negotiation, definition, power, interests, teaching, ADR

Suggested Citation

Schneider, Andrea Kupfer and Ebner, Noam and Matz, David and Lande, John, The Definition of Negotiation: A Play in Three Acts (2017). Missouri Journal of Dispute Resolution 2017 (1), Marquette Law School Legal Studies Paper No. 17-06, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2902743 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2902743

Andrea Kupfer Schneider

Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law ( email )

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Noam Ebner (Contact Author)

Creighton University Heider College of Business ( email )

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David Matz

University of Massachusetts Boston ( email )

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John Lande

University of Missouri School of Law ( email )

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Columbia, MO 65211
United States

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