This is part of an ongoing series on negotiations. 이번 비즈니스 영어 팟캐스트 에피소드에서, we’ll study how to open a traditional commercial negotiation between buyer and seller. We’ll focus on creating goodwill, 출발, setting ground rules, suggesting an agenda and exploring possibilities.

We’ll be listening to a telephone conversation between Tony, a supplier of building materials, 그리고 폴, 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. 들으면서, pay attention to the language they use to get the negotiation started, 그리고 다음 질문에 답해 보세요.

듣기 질문

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, 텍스트형, has a significant presence in Denmark; 그 동안에, Maxine’s company, 도박꾼, 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. 오늘 청취에서는, he is having lunch with Maxine to find out whether she might be interested in selling her company. 대화가 시작될 때, they have just ordered their food.

듣기 질문

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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This is the second in a two-part advanced business English lesson on negotiation strategy. It is part of a longer series of podcasts on the language and skills of negotiating in English.

첫 번째 에피소드에서는, management consultant Bryan Fields discussed the basics of making a deal. We learned how to avoid some top common mistakes and we reviewed important vocabulary, such as BATNA, bottom line, bargaining chip, 윈윈, and zone of possible agreement.

Today’s podcast continues the interview with Bryan. 대화 상자에서, we’ll learn five important elements of strategy – 파티, interests, value, power and ethics. And along the way we’ll study useful vocabulary and idioms.

듣기 질문

1) What is the interviewer talking about when he refers to a “trap?”
2) How does Bryan say we should think about interests?
3) In the interview, we learn that overcoming blockage – 그건, getting past problems – is not just about reaching the agreement but also about maximizing what?

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이것은 영어 협상 기술과 언어에 관한 새로운 비즈니스 영어 팟캐스트 시리즈의 시작입니다.

앞으로 몇 달 동안 우리는 몇 가지 일반적인 비즈니스 협상과 프로세스의 각 단계에서 사용되는 언어를 검토하는 일련의 팟캐스트에서 주제를 탐구할 것입니다..

오늘의 쇼는 협상 전략의 기본에 관한 두 부분으로 구성된 시퀀스 중 첫 번째입니다.. 경험이 풍부한 경영 컨설턴트 브라이언 필즈(Brian Fields)와의 인터뷰를 듣겠습니다.. 브라이언이 주요 개념과 중요한 전략적 고려 사항에 대해 논의합니다.. 대화는 우리에게 유용한 어휘와 도움이 되는 기술을 가르쳐줍니다..

듣기 질문

1) 협상에서 사람들이 저지르는 가장 큰 실수는 무엇입니까?
2) BATNA 란 무엇입니까?, 또는 “협상된 합의에 대한 최선의 대안?”
3) 브라이언은 이 아이디어에 대해 어떻게 생각하나요? “윈윈” 협상

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