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> BATNA I googled it: "Best Alternative To a Negotiated Agreement" Is this widely known enough to be used without an explanation? I'd never come across it bef
by andybak 6y ago
> BATNA
I googled it: "Best Alternative To a Negotiated Agreement"
Is this widely known enough to be used without an explanation? I'd never come across it before.
- jolmg 6y agoWell, it's easy to find. We're all on a browser anyways.
- andybak 6y agoYeah - I not a huge fan of non-obvious acronyms in writings that are intended for a general audience. I know it's hard to predict what's obvious and what isn't but this one almost certainly isn't. I would argue that it's not laziness on my part - it makes things jarring to read. And HN becomes less pleasant the more people that do it.
- jolmg 6y ago> I not a huge fan of non-obvious acronyms in writings that are intended for a general audience Yeah, I'm also not a fan of the use of non-obvious acronyms for common phrases, but I think this case is different in that it's more of a concept. It even has a Wikipedia article[1]. Even if they provided the expansion of the acronym in their comment, one might feel that they should also explain a little about the concept before referring to it, since the general audience cannot be expected to know about it. However, that would distract from the point the comment is meant to make. Since the comment is not about what BATNA is, it's better to focus writing on the point it's trying to get across, even if it ends up limiting the intended audience. Those that are not familiar with it are better served by looking it up, anyways. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_alternative_to_a_negotiated_agreement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_alternative_to_a_negotiat...
- andybak 6y agoYou make a very good point...
- srtjstjsj 6y agoWhat does "HN" stand for?
- andybak 6y agotouché
- jdmichal 6y agoIt's negotiations 101, so fairly common? If you've ever done any reading on negotiations, you've likely encountered it.
- jonny_eh 6y agoHow many people reading this thread would you think fall into that category?
- jholman 6y agoIf you're reading this thread, and you haven't read enough about negotiations to know what BATNA stands for, and you're forced by darksaints' comment to go look it up, then IMO darksaints has done you a favour.