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TheArtofLanguageinBusinessNegotiation商务谈判中的语言艺术
TheArtofLanguageinBusinessNegotiation商务谈判中的语言艺术
INTRODUCTION
Negotiationcannotgetawayfromtalkingword,thatistosaycannotgetawayfromthewordspeopleusedforcommunicating.Wordsarethefoundationwhichnegotiatingbusinessmenusedforcommunicating,linkingandconsulting.Theusingofthewordsinbusinessnegotiationisthemaintooltosolvethenegotiatingproblem,anditrelatingtowhetherthenegotiationwillbesuccessful.Agoodnegotiatingbusinessmanisalsoasuperiorwhocanusethewordsproperly.Thenegotiatingbusinessmanmustunderstandandusedthewordsproperlysothatthewordscanbeservedforthenegotiating.Thisarticleemphasizestorelatetheskillofusingwordsininternationalbusinessnegotiation.
InthewakeofChinajoinsWTO,theforeignbusinessactivityofChinahasbecomemoreandmorefrequently,thechanceoftheforeignbusinessnegotiationalsoincreased.Moreandmoreforeignbusinessmanswarmintoourcountrytodealwiththeirbusinessactivity;moreandmoreChineseenterprisergooutourcountrytotouchtheinternationalmarket.
Justweallknow,thebusinessactivitycouldn'tstrayfromthebusinessnegotiation.Andthebusinessnegotiationistheimportantcontentofthebusinessactivity,alsoisthenecessarymeansofthebusinessactivity.Thebusinessnegotiationismakeanimportantroleinthebusinessactivityandacorporation.Thesuccessfulbusiness
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negotiationcanmakeabigeconomicreturnsandsocialbenefits.So,ifwewantdevelopthebusinessactivityfavorably,wemustmakethebusinessnegotiationsuccessfully.
Inordertomakethebusinessactivityfavorably,wemustdemandedthebusinessnegotiationmoreeasily、cleanly、concretelyandperfectly.
ThesearesomanyissuesthatChinesecorporationandbusinessnegotiatorsneedtoaddressinordertobesuccessfulintoday’s
internationalbusinessenvironment.
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CHAPTERONE
TheImplicationandImportanceoftheWordsArt
1.1TheImplicationoftheWordsArt
Negotiationisthebehaviorandprocesswhichpeopleinordertomoderatingrelationofeachotherthroughaconfabulationtocarryouttheopinionconsistent.Andthewordsisthebasictoolwhichpeoplecommunicatewitheachotherandalsoisthetoolwhichhumandependonwithcarryingonthinking,sotheprocessofnegotiationcannotgetawayfromexpressingandcommunicating.Inspiteofwords,peoplealsocanapplyothertoolsintheprocessofcarryingonaconsultation,likethewarsignal,lightsignal,varioussecretpasswordandthefacialexpression,signal,bodylanguage,etc.Thewordinnegotiationisamatchorallanguageandbodylanguagetocallwhichpeopleusedfornegotiating.Theimplicationofnegotiationwords:
first,itistheword’sconcreteusage
intheinternationalbusinessnegotiation,directlyservicedforcarryingontheendpurposeofthenegotiation,theeachkindofinformationwhichexpressthewill,emotionandinformthereasonableness,emotionandreality.Secondly,thewordsinbusinessnegotiationisalsotheparticularperformanceofthethinkingandtheintelligenceabilityinthenegotiating,appreciatethenegotiationlanguageofopponentthendoareaction,withacertainperformancewaytocarryonadvisingtoguide,threaten,probeinto,allusionandcross
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1.2TheImportanceoftheWordsArt
Businessnegotiationbehaviorconcentratesthebehavioroflanguagecommunicating,astheresult;thelevelofthewordsartdecidestherelationshipbetweenthebothpartiesevenwhetherthenegotiationwillbesuccessful.It’sveryimportanttostressthewordsartinbusinessnegotiation.
1.3AssisttoExpressthePointandEnforcetheStrategy
Intheinternationalbusinessnegotiation,ifbothpartieswanttoexpresstheyownthinkingresultofjudgment,reasonlogicallyandargument,theyhavetousethewordsartproperly.Alsoiftheywanttomaketheownnegotiationstrategyeffectivelycarriesouttoachievesuccesstheymustunderstandhowtousethewordsart.Suchaswhilemakeuseofthe“redandwhiteface”strategy,thepersonwhoartsasthe
“whiteface”notonlyperformtheattitudestrongandtough,alsoletanythingreasonable,allthepointshaveitsbasis,tokeepthegoodimage.Thestrategydoesn’tmeanthatthe“whiteface”shouldspeakloudlyor
impoliteness.Anidiom,aliteraryreference,aparableorajokingsmilecandefendself-interest.
1.4AssisttoDealwiththeRelationshipwithEachOthers
Ininternationalbusinessnegotiation,therelationshipbetweenthebothpartiesareperformedbythewordscommunication,thewordsexpresstheirownwishesandrequest.Thelevelofthewordsartmayletthe
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relationshipbetweenthebothpartiesadjust,improve,strengthenanddevelop;alsoitmaycausedisintegration,breaksothatthenegotiationfail.Inthebeginning,businessmanshouldmakeuseofthelanguagearttocreateakindofeasy,nature,harmoniousandpleasedatmosphere;successfullycreateagoodpremiseforthenegotiation.Aftergreetingwitheachother,beginyournegotiationusethehumorwords”whetherwe
canopenthepurdahornot”or“howaboutpreannounceourprogramfirst”etc.itwillbegoodforyourbeginningofthenegotiation.Ifyoujustharping,farawayfromthepoint,orcoldeyeshorizontaleyebrow,keepingsilentorthenotsmoothwordwouldpossiblebreakthebeginning.Higherlevelofthewordartcanexpressthepurposeexactlyandcankeepthegoodrelationshipbetweenbothparties,evenreactionordenytheother’srequest,canalsosaytactfully,andlettheotherpartysatisfyyour
suggestion.Otherwisethewordwhatpraise,approve,orsupporttheother’spointmayalsomaketheopponentimpression.
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CHAPTERTWO
ThePointoftheNegotiationWords
2.1ServefortheNegotiationpurpose
Thenegotiation,whichhasbrightsenseofpurpose,isonekindofcoordination,thenegotiators’languageexpressioninbusinessnegotiation
mustconsistentwiththenegotiationgoal,thecharacteristicoftheopponentandthelanguageenvironment,alsomustobeythenegotiationpurposebasically.Organizethelanguageexpressionpointedaccordingtotheconcretesituation,thiscanachievetheeffectofthenegotiationlanguageexpression,canrealizethenegotiationsgoal.
Eachnegotiatorhastheindividualitylanguagecharacteristic,theirindividualitylanguagecharacteristicisaseriesoffactorslikeownstatus,theexperience,theoccupation,theculturalaccomplishment,thethoughtdispositionandsoonmanifestinthelanguageutilizationsynthesis,so-called“one'swordsechowhatisinone'sheart”,“styleshowstheman”.Butthenegotiators’languageexpressioninbusinessnegotiation
mustconsistentwiththenegotiationgoal,thecharacteristicoftheopponentandthelanguageenvironment.Therefore,negotiationrequeststhenegotiatorconcealsownlanguagestyletemporarilyinfrontofthespecificconditionandthecharacter,todealwiththeopponentbynewpointedlanguage.So-calledseesdifferentpersontospeakdifferentspeech,onlylikethis,canconsistentwiththeopponentinthelanguage
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andinpsychology,withtheenvironmentandthecondition,canmoreadvantageoustothebilateralcommunicationwhenneedstocommunicate,cancarryonthesuccessfulnegotiationseffectively.
Thenegotiationslanguageexpressionisaquitecomplexprocess.Whentheexpressionsidedeferstotheanticipatedgoaltosendoutthelanguageinformation,becausesometimesexpressesimproper,orlacksthescienceunderstandingoftheopponent,possiblycausesanotherparty’smisunderstandingortherepugnance.Atthistimemustperformtocontrolandadjust,thatistosayreplaceonekindofexpressionform,lettheoppositepartyeasytounderstandandtoaccept.Sometimesinthenegotiationsinitialstagethenegotiationiscarriesonaccordingtotheoriginalgoal,butintheprocessofthenegotiationmightoffthesubject,deviatedtheoriginalgoal,thisneedstoadjustthenegotiationslanguagesimilarly,sothatcanreturntocomeupwiththenegotiationsgoal.
Moreover,theuniformitybetweenthelanguageexpressionandthenegotiationsgoalalsorestrictbythenegotiationitself.Althoughnegotiationhasfilledwithmanyskillsandart,negotiationitselfneedstosolvethebilateralsoliddivergencepoint,achievestheassignmentandthecoordinationofsomebenefit.Therefore,thenegotiationslanguagegenerallyinlanguageessentialfactorsandtheexpressionformlikethewordsexpressions,sentencetype,rhetoricandsoonrequesttactful,accurate,avoidsusingthewordstoomagnificentandtheambiguous
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literaryelegance,thuswecantransmitexplicitlyourownstandpoint,theviewpoint,therequesttotheoppositeparty.
2.2ThePointedandFlexibilityoftheNegotiationWords
Becausetherearemanyvariestypesofnegotiation,theparticipatednegotiationpersonfrequentlybecauseaspectsofnationality,state,region,age,sex,occupation,duty,statusandsoonaredifferentcausethemannersandcustoms,theculturalaccomplishment,thedisposition,thepsychologyandsoonmanyaspectdifference.Thenegotiations’aimisto
letthebothpartiestoreachakindofcoordinationonthebasicofunderstandmutually,ifthenegotiationlanguageexpressionenablesoppositepartytounderstandaccurately,thennegotiationactivityalsonottobeabletoachievetheanticipatedgoal.Thepointedofthenegotiationwordsisreferstothelanguagetohavetorevolvethenegotiationsthroughoutthebenefit,withacleargoal,enhancestheefficiencyofthelanguage.Tobespecific,thepointedofnegotiationwordsincludes:
inviewofonekindofnegotiations,inviewofo