BIK 1401 Negotiation and negotiation skills

BIK 1401 Negotiation and negotiation skills

Course code: 
BIK 1401
Department: 
Communication and Culture
Credits: 
7.5
Course coordinator: 
Yanique Fletcher
Course name in Norwegian: 
Forhandling og forhandlingsteknikk
Product category: 
Executive
Portfolio: 
Executive - Special Course
Semester: 
2021 Autumn
Active status: 
Active
Level of study: 
Bachelor
Teaching language: 
Norwegian
Course type: 
One semester
Introduction

Negotiation are omnipresent in our lives. At work we negotiate with our employers, colleagues, employees, customers and suppliers. In our private lives we negotiate with friends, children, spouses and family members. We negotiate everyday but how aware are we of what is happening in these situations? How can we become better negotiators? Negotiation research provides us with evidence about how we should act in a negotiation.
In this course theory and research will be presented which will help you understand and analyze the critical elements and processes in a negotiation. By using roles plays and cases you will have the opportunity to develop your competencies and skills.

Learning outcomes - Knowledge

After you have completed the course, you should :

Knowledge outcomes:
1. Be able to analyse a negotiation situation.
2. Know the different types of negotiation strategies and tactics.
3. Have an overview of the negotiation research and the findings that can help you to improve you negotiation skills.

Learning outcomes - Skills

1. Be able to design a good negotiation plan.
2. Be able to complete a negotiation.
3. Have acquired the requisite skills to handle different negotiation situations.

General Competence

1. Develop an understanding of who you are and what you choose in a negotiation.
2. Develop a clear overview of different approaches to ethical and moral questions related to negotiation.

Course content

I.What is a negotiation and why is it important for work life?
II. Negotiation and conflict resolution
III. Negotiation strategies and tactics
IV.Negotiation and mediation at work (colleagues, customers, and suppliers)
V. Social psychological research and negotiation
VI.Negotiation is groups

Teaching and learning activities

The course will be conducted through lectures and exercises with a total of 36 course hours.

This course is taught in English and Norwegian. Course literature is also in both English and Norwegian. Negotiation role play/simulation text information will be in English, but the negotiations take place in Norwegian (or English, should that negotiation team choose to). The written exam can be submitted in Norwegian or English.

 

In all BI Executive courses and programs, there is a mutual requirement for the student and the course responsible regarding the involvement of the student's experience in the planning and implementation of courses, modules and programmes. This means that the student has the right and duty to get involved with their own knowledge and practice relevance, through the active sharing of their relevant experience and knowledge.
 

Software tools
No specified computer-based tools are required.
Qualifications

Higher Education Entrance Qualification

Covid-19
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, there may be deviations in teaching and learning activities as well as exams, compared with what is described in this course description.

Required prerequisite knowledge

No special previous knowledge is required for taking this course

Assessments
Assessments
Exam category: 
Submission
Form of assessment: 
Written submission
Weight: 
100
Grouping: 
Individual
Duration: 
72 Hour(s)
Comment: 
The course is concluded with a 72 hour individual written take home examination.
Exam code: 
BIK 14011
Grading scale: 
ECTS
Resit: 
Examination when next scheduled course
Type of Assessment: 
Ordinary examination
Total weight: 
100
Student workload
ActivityDurationComment
Teaching
36 Hour(s)
The course will be conducted through lectures and exercises with a total of 36 course hours.
Sum workload: 
36

A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 7,5 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of at least 200 hours.