Ok, Lets Negotiate!

Over the past week, I have can recall four great instances of when I had negotiate with others. Below is a list of the four instances and a description of whether they were "Distributive" or "Integrative" (Win-Win) negotiations.

• Interview Time: (Integrative)
  Upon receving a call from a potential employer, he informed me that on April 20th his HR group is flying from VA to GA for interviews and that I have to take an exam before being eligible for an interview. I informed him that I was not available that day, to which he stated that was the only day they'll be around. After discusing our options, he is going to arrive early before everyone else so that I can take the exam and still be able to go to class. This approach allowed for a win-win situation because I will be able to take the test and he will have the opportunity to interview me and potentially have a future employee for the company in which he works.
• No Air Conditioning: (Distributive)
  On an unusually hot April day, I came home to my apartment to find it to be blistering hot. Upon calling the matientence office, he informed me that he had too many people to see that day and he would not be able to get to my house until the next (maybe even later). I told him that these living conditions are not acceptable and that it is his responsibility to attend to tasks that are of highest priority (fixing a garbage dispoal is NOT a top priority). He came to fix my AC within the next hour.
• Test Make-Up: (Integrative)
  My teacher had asked me to re-take the test during a time for which I had to take a different test. We discussed other days that we were both available, and they were not in the forseen future since she was taking a trip to New York. However, once she got back, we found a time that complicated both of our schedules.
• Project Topic: (Distributive)
  For one of my classes, my group members and I had numerous ideas about the topic for our project. We each provided our explanations and design ideas for the project, and were able to narrow down our options to 3 different topics. Once we finally decided on one, even though it wasn't (in my opinion), the best topic, we finalized our decision and submitted the proposal to the teacher. In this case, there could only be one topic and I had be on-board with our finalized topic.