このビジネス英語ポッドレッスンでは、交渉中の立場を明確にして評価する方法を見ていきます。.

あらゆる議論で重要なのは、私たちの立場を明確にすることです; 同時に, 私たちは相手の視点を必ず理解するようにしなければなりません. 相互理解を達成することで、機会損失を回避し、コストを節約することができます. 加えて, あらゆる交渉の最終目標は価値を生み出すことです. したがって, 評価 – オファーやポジションが良いか悪いかを判断する – 重要な役割を果たします. そこでこの番組では、次のようなことを学びます, 明確にする, とポジションの評価.

Peter は携帯電話の着信音とゲームのプロバイダーのオーナーです。, テキスト的な. 彼は巻き上げようとしている, または購入する, 彼の会社の価値を高めるために、彼のような他の中小企業も. 最終的に, 彼は自分のビジネスをより大きな企業に売却したいと考えています, 営利を目的とした地域サービスプロバイダー. リスニングで, 彼はマキシンと会っています, ゲームスターのオーナー, 合併の可能性について話し合うため. あなたが聞くように, お互いの立場をどのように明確にして評価するかに注意を払う.

リスニングの質問

1) マキシンとピーターの間の意見の相違の基本的な原因は何ですか?
2) マキシンが価格にこだわる理由は何ですか?
3) ピーターが「やった」と言うとき、どういう意味ですか “数ヶ月にわたるデューデリジェンス?”

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This is part of an ongoing series on negotiations. このビジネス英語ポッドキャストのエピソードでは, we’ll study how to open a traditional commercial negotiation between buyer and seller. We’ll focus on creating goodwill, 発進, setting ground rules, suggesting an agenda and exploring possibilities.

We’ll be listening to a telephone conversation between Tony, a supplier of building materials, とポール, a purchasing manager for a large construction company in Canada. Paul is buying materials for a harbor project. A harbor is a protected area of water where boats dock, or park. For this project, Paul needs to buy anchor bolts. These bolts are the thick steel screws that are embedded or buried in concrete to support or anchor structural steel columns. Structural columns refer to the steel frameworks that hold buildings up.

This is the first time Tony and Paul have talked on the phone. あなたが聞くように, pay attention to the language they use to get the negotiation started, and try to answer the following questions.

リスニングの質問

1. How does Tony begin off the phone call to establish goodwill?
2. How long does Paul say he has available for the phone call?
3. Paul asks Tony how he will be using the bolts. How does Tony respond?
4. What other option does Paul want to explore with Tony?

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This Business English Podcast episode on relationship building is part of an ongoing series on negotiation skills.

In negotiation, establishing a good relationship based on trust makes it possible to jointly search for creative solutions, to overcome blockage and even to turn conflict into a productive force.

Both Peter and Maxine are owners of local telecommunication services that provide mobile phone users with ring tones and games. Peter’s company, テキスト的な, has a significant presence in Denmark; その間, Maxine’s company, ゲームスター, is based in northern Germany.

Peter is working on a plan to sell his business to a large, European-wide telecom service provider. In an effort to increase his company’s value so that he can get more money for it, Peter wants to roll up or buy other local services like his. 今日のリスニングでは, he is having lunch with Maxine to find out whether she might be interested in selling her company. ダイアログが始まると, they have just ordered their food.

リスニングの質問

1) Have Peter and Maxine met before?
2) What does Peter say is his and Maxine’s “biggest overlapping concern?”
3) How does Peter bring up the subject of a possible merger between his and Maxine’s company?

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