Postgraduate - UnitLAW7251 - Negotiation: Essential skills for dispute resolution

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Law
Offered	City (Melbourne) Summer semester A 2013 (On-campus block of classes) City (Melbourne) Term 3 2013 (On-campus block of classes)

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Synopsis

This unit provides comprehensive coverage of the theory and skills of Principled Negotiation and their applications in mediation. Students will: explore a coherent and systematic framework for understanding negotiation, and its implications for a mediator's role; practise using guidelines for getting best results in negotiation, and for improving the effectiveness of mediation and related processes; practise techniques for defusing conflict within the mediation process; identify key assumptions that help define the various ADR processes available, and apply them in choosing an appropriate process for disputes; and examine practical and ethical tensions commonly faced by mediators.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students should have:

a thorough and practical understanding of the theory of principled negotiation
a framework for analysing and managing all third party dispute resolution processes
an ability to demonstrate advanced communication skills; (d) an appreciation of negotiation and process management objectives
experience in using practical guidelines for simplifying the negotiation process and third party processes generally
a range of systematic frameworks for preparation, diagnosis and creative problem solving

In addition, students should have:

improved their ability to participate in debate in the context of an interactive seminar; (h) improved their ability to offer constructive feedback to peers
improved their ability to clearly and persuasively present ideas and arguments in oral and written form.