There are winners and losers, usually more losers than winners. Our economy is competitive. Much of our education system is competitive. So are most of our sports, and many other activities. There is also a variety of adversarial process which is sometimes called compromise.
All parties get some of what they want.
Few, if any, get all of it. The people in the process share the wins and losses. Another family of processes has very different qualities. These processes try to satisfy all parties. Sometimes there is enough agreement between people to provide quick outcomes that are good for all.