Advanced Topics in Negotiation

Numbering Code P-MGT75 60101 LE44 Year/Term 2022 ・ Second semester
Number of Credits 2 Course Type Lecture
Target Year Target Student
Language English Day/Period Tue.3
Instructor name WILLIAM BABER (Graduate School of Management Associate Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course This course builds on the Business Negotiation course. Everybody negotiates but managers and professionals should know how to manage conflict and how to negotiate effectively. The goal of this course is to improve students’ negotiation skills by equipping them with the knowledge required to conduct, manage, and analyze negotiation processes. Discussed topics include deeper looks into basics (e.g., BATNA, ZOPA, different negotiation outcomes, etc.), negotiation analysis, cognitive biases in negotiations, failure, communication, and other topics.
Course Goals The goal of this course is to improve students’ negotiation skills by equipping them with the knowledge required to conduct, manage, and analyze negotiation processes.
Schedule and Contents Lecture 1:  Key negotiation skills
Lecture 2:  MAUT
Lecture 3:  Service Level Agreements
Lecture 4: Cognitive biases I
Lecture 5: Communication & emotion
Lecture 6: PRactice case
Lecture 7: Failure Analysis I
Lecture 8: Failure Analysis II
Lecture 9: Student investigated topics I
Lecture 10: Student investigated topics II
Lecture 11: Student investigated topics III
Lecture 12: Expert speaker
Lecture 13: Student Simulations
Lecture 14: Student Simulations
Lecture 15: Feedback on Theory and skills
Evaluation Methods and Policy Participants will be evaluated based on in class participation (50%) and a final exam (50%).
Course Requirements The course requires strong and prior negotiation experience (completion of ‘Business Negotiation’, practical experience) is strongly advised.
Study outside of Class (preparation and review) It is planned to conduct online negotiations with students from overseas via skype. The negotiation will be conducted via skype out of class.
Textbooks Textbooks/References Materials provided to students.
References, etc. 3D negotiation (Lax, Sebenius); www.uncitral.org; http://www.unidroit.org/
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