Negotiation and Conflict Management in Projects
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Course Overview
This course covers the foundations of negotiation, negotiation strategy including planning and framing and how to recognize and prepare for the phases of negotiation.
Another aspect of working with people is how to deal with the inevitable conflicts that may arise. Managers are called upon to resolve conflicts not only within their teams but also with clients, customers, and other stakeholders. This course will also cover constructive and destructive conflict.
Target Audience
Learning Outcome
- Understand the negotiation process
- Plan for negotiations more effectively
- Recognize the different types of power and understand each type
- Recognize the negotiation traps and how to avoid them
- Develop an action plan for improving your negotiations skills
- Understand the purpose of conflict
- Changing what you do for a different outcome
- Feeding the solution not the problem
- Choosing appropriate conflict
- Creating win-win: achieving resolution
- Getting to the core of the problem
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Outline
Course Outline
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Overview of Negotiations
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Definition
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Variables of negotiation – power, time, information
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Managing expectations
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Various negotiating styles
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Negotiations Process
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The phased approach to negotiations
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The similarity to project management phases
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Negotiation life cycle
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Strategies and tactics
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How to Negotiate?
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How to use objective criteria
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How to evaluate available options
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Developing a negotiation strategy
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Conducting negotiation
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Developing responses to overcome used tactics
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How to negotiate effectively to get to a win/win outcome?
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How can you use well-established negotiation strategies to resolve conflicts?
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What is Conflict?
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Typical conflicts at various stages of the Project Management Life Cycle
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How conflicts evolve?
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What is good or bad about conflicts?
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What is the life cycle of conflicts?
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How do conflicts escalate?
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How to Handle Conflicts?
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How many different ways can you approach conflict and what are their advantages and disadvantages?
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How to systematically analyze conflicts based on the benefits to you or the other party and how to use this knowledge to resolve them?
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How to decline a request while avoiding conflicts?
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What is an effective conflict resolution process?
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How to use a 6-step conflict resolution formula?
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Problem Resolution
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What types of Conflict Resolution are there?
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I win You lose
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You win I lose
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No one wins
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We both lose
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We both win
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We get to go round again
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Project Management Academy (PMA) was initiated in Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore to focus in the area of project management training. PMA, as a global Registered Education Provider (REP), strives to provide world standard content based on best practices for its training. PMA develops competencies based on the vast experiences in Project Management and on the guidelines set by Project Management Institute, Inc.
Project management is our core business and we provide services through these companies:
Malaysia - Project Management Academy | Bridgit Sdn Bhd
Indonesia - PT Project Management Academy
Singapore - Project Management Pte Ltd
South Africa - Bridgit Africa Pty Ltd
Thailand - Software Park