PROCNM

Conflict and Negotiations Management

LEVEL 
Basic / Intermediate / Advanced 

COURSE LENGTH 
2 Days (Instructor Led)  

CREDITS
14 PDUs 

Course Description

The following topics will be covered in the workshop:

  • Negotiations, conflict management, and trade-offs in the project management environment

  • Standard conflict management methods and communication models

  • The limits of position-based negotiations

  • Introduction to interest-based conflict management

Learning Objectives:

Students will participate in a number of role-playing exercises.  In those exercises, it is expected that participants will:

  • Provide constructive and well-intentioned feedback to other participants as they assume leadership roles in exercises

  • Play their roles within character but without taking extreme or combative positions

  • Declare a halt to the role-play exercise if it has become threatening or unproductive.

  • Share roles as necessary to allow each participant to gain experience