Bye Bye!

Its time for the last diary entry of the course. It’s a pity I could not attend on the last lesson. However while reading your blogs it seems like you had a good time!! The negotiation simulation must have been fun! 

It was a real pleasure to work with you all!! I think the course was good and what made it even better was the group! It was really nice to learn from all you guys about cultural differences and experiences regarding your experiences in negotiation situations in different cultural contexts. Also the group activities were a lot of fun in addition to being interesting! 

The course taught me many things. I am going to sum up a few of the most interesting lessons that I learned about international negotiations. What draw my attention in particular during the course was the fact how cultural background affects negotiations and how understanding of the other culture can actually help you to achieve a better result in the negotiation. In addition to pure knowledge, also negotiation techniques and strategies can be used to drive the negotiation. I found these strategies interesting as I had not thought of them before the course. I think that after this course all of us can incorporate different strategies into our negotiation and therefore make more aknowledged choices in regards to how ne negotiate. 

Another thing that I found particularly interesting was the diagram that Mia showed us about how negotiations proceed in different countries (http://www.businessinsider.com/communication-charts-around-the-world-2014-3?fb_action_ids=10201674771653203&fb_action_types=og.recommends&r=US&IR=T&IR=T). I think that that the negotiation culture to a great extent reflects the overall culture! I think this guide can be used very well to understand the behavior of the other person negotiating and therefore it can be very useful for international negotiations.

Thanks to all of you (Including Mia) for the course! It was fun to learn together. 

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