Negotiation and Conflict Management

3 cr · Undergraduate

Leaders are regularly called upon to manage conflict, promote cooperation, and resolve competing interests. With a focus on negotiation as a means of conflict resolution, this course blends contemporary research and theory with practical, first-hand experience. Students' effectiveness as negotiators will be developed with readings and class discussions focused on the social and psychological underpinnings of negotiation, and applied with weekly hands-on experiences, ranging from bilateral bargaining games to complex, multi-issue, multilateral negotiation scenarios.