Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
SDCM-0146
Organization's ID:
Business 319
Organization:
Location:
Online
Length:
Self-paced. 22 weeks (47 hours)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Upper-Division Baccalaureate 3 Negotiations and Conflict Management
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to provide students with knowledge of the negotiation process, conflict resolution strategies, collaborative problem solving and international negotiation.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Apply the terminology used in negotiation, analyze target and resistance points, summarize the role of BATNA and WATNA on negotiation and assess the role of reciprocity in negotiation.
  • Compare the various types of personal and work-related negotiations with attention to level of relationship building and human capital.
  • Adapt theories of cultural dimensions to an international negotiation scenario.
  • Explain the theory, processes, and practices of negotiation and conflict resolution.
  • Compare distributive bargaining and integrative bargaining, discuss the role of power, point out hardball tactics hardball tactics and analyze the role of trust and dilemma of disclosure in a negotiation.
  • Contrast various negotiation strategies, break down the problem-solving process and explain the role of perception and bias on negotiation.
  • Apply effective conflict management, communication and influence techniques to a given scenario.
  • Dissect each of the phases of negotiation and discuss common negotiation pitfalls and how to avoid them.

General Topics:

  • Introduction to Negotiation and Conflict Management
  • Negotiation Terminology and Process
  • Distributive and Integrative Bargaining
  • Conflict Resolutions
  • Collaborative Problem Solving and Decision Making
  • Negotiation Strategies, Perception and Bias
  • Communication and Negotiation
  • Persuasion in Negotiation
  • Types of Negotiations
  • International Negotiation
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials

Methods of Assessment:

  • Examinations
  • Quizzes
  • Written Papers

Minimum Passing Score:

70%
Supplemental Materials