School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Effective International Negotiation
  • Unit Code

    MAN6501
  • Year

    2016
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

The unit provides an integrated and practical application of negotiation preparation, behaviour and procedures and includes the coverage of modes of negotiation and distributive and integrative bargaining. The unit exposes students to how to argue cases through the processes of contract and agreeement negotiation in domestic and international contexts. Simulation exercises and activities will be conducted to provide students with opportunities to implement the skills they have learnt.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Mount Lawley Campus

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Appraise and compare international and cross cultural negotiation behaviours.
  2. Appraise cross cultural and international communication methods and the importance of listening.
  3. Formulate the documentation associated with negotiation.
  4. Plan for negotiation.
  5. Review the roles of interpreters and translators.
  6. Synthesize behaviours and arguments to produce win-win outcomes from the negotiation process.

Unit Content

  1. Case analysis.
  2. Cross cultural communication.
  3. Dealing with gifts, favours and banquets.
  4. Effective listening.
  5. Managing negotiations.
  6. Negotiation communication skills.
  7. Negotiation planning.
  8. Negotiation simulation.
  9. Negotiation strategies and tactics.
  10. Presenting your case.
  11. The impact of culture on negotiation.
  12. The nature of negotiation.
  13. Translators and interpretors.
  14. Using terminology and developing negotiation contracts.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students will attend a weekly 3-hour seminar comprised of lecture, tutorial discussion, guest speakers, DVD and video and practical simulations and exercises. Lectures will introduce the units concepts and guide students through the literature. The curriculum will encompass communicating your position, reciprocity, managing disagreement, developing alternatives, information exchange, ethics, listening, mediation, exploring options and sealing the deal. Students will have the opportunity to research concepts, present ideas orally and in written formats, discuss situations and apply the skills learnt in simulations. Online students will cover all of the above material using blackboard, skype and other methods of communication. Student dialogue between other students and the lecturer will be a key component to this unit.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioNegotiation in Practice in teams50%
ExaminationExamination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioNegotiation in Practice50%
ExaminationExamination 50%

Text References

  • ^ Fells, R. (2012). Effective negotiation (2nd ed.). Melbourne: Cambridge University Press.
  • Hames. D. S. (2012). Negotiation. California, USA: Sage Productions.
  • Carrell, M. R. & Heavrin, C. (2008). Negotiation essentials: Theory, skills and practices. Jersey, USA: Pearson Prentice Hall.
  • Lewicki, R., Barry, B., & Saunders, D. (2010). Negotiation. Sydney, Australia : McGraw-Hill.
  • Fisher, R., Ury, W. L., & Patton, B. M. (1992). Getting to yes: Negotiating agreement without giving in (4th ed.). Boston USA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

^ Mandatory reference


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Effective International Negotiation
  • Unit Code

    MAN6501
  • Year

    2016
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

The unit provides an integrated and practical application of negotiation preparation, behaviour and procedures and includes the coverage of modes of negotiation and distributive and integrative bargaining. The unit exposes students to how to argue cases through the processes of contract and agreeement negotiation in domestic and international contexts. Simulation exercises and activities will be conducted to provide students with opportunities to implement the skills they have learnt.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Mount Lawley Campus

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Appraise and compare international and cross cultural negotiation behaviours.
  2. Appraise cross cultural and international communication methods and the importance of listening.
  3. Formulate the documentation associated with negotiation.
  4. Plan for negotiation.
  5. Review the roles of interpreters and translators.
  6. Synthesize behaviours and arguments to produce win-win outcomes from the negotiation process.

Unit Content

  1. Case analysis.
  2. Cross cultural communication.
  3. Dealing with gifts, favours and banquets.
  4. Effective listening.
  5. Managing negotiations.
  6. Negotiation communication skills.
  7. Negotiation planning.
  8. Negotiation simulation.
  9. Negotiation strategies and tactics.
  10. Presenting your case.
  11. The impact of culture on negotiation.
  12. The nature of negotiation.
  13. Translators and interpretors.
  14. Using terminology and developing negotiation contracts.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students will attend a weekly 3-hour seminar comprised of lecture, tutorial discussion, guest speakers, DVD and video and practical simulations and exercises. Lectures will introduce the units concepts and guide students through the literature. The curriculum will encompass communicating your position, reciprocity, managing disagreement, developing alternatives, information exchange, ethics, listening, mediation, exploring options and sealing the deal. Students will have the opportunity to research concepts, present ideas orally and in written formats, discuss situations and apply the skills learnt in simulations. Online students will cover all of the above material using blackboard, skype and other methods of communication. Student dialogue between other students and the lecturer will be a key component to this unit.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioNegotiation in Practice in teams50%
ExaminationExamination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioNegotiation in Practice50%
ExaminationExamination 50%

Text References

  • ^ Fells, R. (2012). Effective negotiation (2nd ed.). Melbourne: Cambridge University Press.
  • Hames. D. S. (2012). Negotiation. California, USA: Sage Productions.
  • Carrell, M. R. & Heavrin, C. (2008). Negotiation essentials: Theory, skills and practices. Jersey, USA: Pearson Prentice Hall.
  • Lewicki, R., Barry, B., & Saunders, D. (2010). Negotiation. Sydney, Australia : McGraw-Hill.
  • Fisher, R., Ury, W. L., & Patton, B. M. (1992). Getting to yes: Negotiating agreement without giving in (4th ed.). Boston USA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

^ Mandatory reference


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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