"negotiate the system" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to navigate or work through a complex or bureaucratic system in order to achieve a goal or desired outcome. Example: As a first-time business owner, I had to negotiate the system of permits and regulations in order to open my restaurant.
But I, too, don't always know the answers or how best to negotiate the system.
We need to do better in engaging new arrivals and helping them negotiate the system.
'They don't necessarily know how to negotiate the system of theatre or have the family or academic support.' So what does Emmas look for in a director?
Those in need of medical care must often fight with their insurers regarding care, and too many more must negotiate the system without any insurance at all.
John Reid, for example, was right on choice, he said – able to pinpoint that the "articulate and well-off" were able to negotiate the system, where the poor were not.
Until then, parents who have time and expertise to negotiate the system retain a huge advantage.
"There are too many government initiatives," noted the Cabinet Office earlier this year, "not enough co-ordination, and too much time spent on negotiating the system rather than on delivery".The white paper draws heavily on the report of the Urban Task Force, chaired by Lord Rogers, an architect, which was published 18 months ago.
Couples who have already negotiated the system can be rich sources of advice.
This pathway is complex; timely diagnosis is dependent on patients identifying a new symptom or something different, interpreting that change as something about which they should see their doctor (Macleod et al, 2009), negotiating the system to obtain an appointment and then the general practitioner (GP) recognising the symptoms as a presentation of potential cancer.
And while I have no desire to negotiate the motorway system ever again, I am very grateful to all the people who gave me lifts over the years, for the transport, but even more for the memories.
Though undermined by the cold war, UNCTAD managed to negotiate the general system of preferences under which rich countries give tariff-free access to products from the developing world.
