units

LAW5344

Faculty of Law

18 September 2017 27 December 2024

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This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

Refer to the specific census and withdrawal dates for the semester(s) in which this unit is offered.

Faculty

Law

Quota applies

Postgraduate programs are based on a model of small group teaching and therefore class sizes need to be restricted.

Offered

City (Melbourne)

  • Term 2 2016 (On-campus block of classes)
  • Term 4 2016 (On-campus block of classes)

Notes

For postgraduate Law discontinuation dates, please see http://www.law.monash.edu.au/current-students/postgraduate/pg-disc-dates.html
For postgraduate Law unit timetables, please see http://law.monash.edu.au/current-students/course-unit-information/timetables/postgraduate/index.html
Previously coded as LAW7251

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

On completion of this unit students will be able to:

  • Apply knowledge and understanding of the theory of principled negotiation and practical guidelines for simplifying the negotiation process and third party processes generally with creativity and initiative to new situations in professional practice and/or for further learning
  • Demonstrate advanced communication skills and a sophisticated appreciation of negotiation and process management objectives
  • Conduct applied research relating to principled negotiation based on knowledge of appropriate research principles and methods
  • Use cognitive, technical and creative skills to generate and evaluate at an abstract level complex ideas and concepts relevant to systematic frameworks for preparation, diagnosis and creative problem solving

Assessment

Role play (oral) assessment: 30%
Written negotiation analysis: 20%
Take-home examination (3,750 words): 50%.

Workload requirements

24 contact hours per semester (either intensive, semi-intensive or semester long, depending on the Faculty resources, timetabling and requirements)

Chief examiner(s)

Mr Shawn Whelan Personal ProfilePersonal Profile (http://www.law.monash.edu.au/staff/postgraduate/sess-shawn-whelan.html)