Short Course Description
This course provides an exposure to analytical tools, frameworks, a series of simulations and debriefings with the purpose of providing class participants the opportunity to identify, analyze and develop their negotiation abilities. The basic premise of the course is that negotiation skills are best learned through practice grounded in deep analysis and self - reflection. Although theoretical concepts and principles will be presented in class lectures and in readings, the course will focus primarily on improving practical skills in dyadic and group situations through a series of in-class simulations. Each simulation has been carefully chosen to address a diverse set of negotiation problems that are faced by managers and employees in organizational settings. The simulations aim to build on each other and raise issues that complement diagnostic and technical skills taught in other courses at The Coller School. A key focus is not only teaching participants a diverse set of skills, but learning to select the most effective strategy and how to apply the learned skills in a given situation/context.
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