THE TAO OF NEGOTIATION --- HOW YOU CAN PREVENT, RESOLVE
AND TRANSCEND CONFLICT IN WORK AND EVERYDAY LIFE
by Joel Edelman and Mary Beth Crain. HarperBusiness, 1993



PREFACE (pxi-xvi)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (pxvii-xxi)

INTRODUCTION (p1-14)

1) The nature of conflict (p15-39)

2) A dispute is not a dispute until it's a dispute (p40-57)

3) So you think you are speaking English --- making ourselves understand (p58-81)

4)What do we really want, anyway? (p82-103)

5) I spy, you spy, we all spy --- effective information gathering (p104-148)

6) Inner conflict --- your relationship with yourself mirrors your relationship with others (p149-165)

7) Making negative emotions work for you (p166-182)

8) Love relationships --- Karma or common sense? (p183-206)

9) Divorce --- from pain to peace (p207-233)

10) Nine-to-five disputes ---- Handling conflict in the workplace (p234-258)

11) Creating business partnerships that work (p259-288)

12) Creating and conducting successful meetings (p289-305)

13)When service becomes disservice --- handling conflict in the marketplace (p306-336)

CONCLUSION --- waging peace (p337-346)

INDEX (p347-356)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR (p357)


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