English Negotiations

  • Establishing rapport
  • Setting the agenda
  • Establishing and clarifying positions
  • Managing conflict
  • Making and responding to proposals
  • Bargaining
  • Conclusions and agreement, closing a deal
  • Negotiation terminology and language
  • Chairing meetings and negotiations
  • Tentative language
  • Negotiation tactics
  • Types of minutes of meetings
  • Writing the minutes of a meeting
  • Case studies: simulating negotiations

Art der Vermittlung

Präsenzveranstaltung

Art der Veranstaltung

Pflichtfach

Empfohlene Fachliteratur

  • Course reader
  • Powell, Mark (2012): International Negotiations. Klett.
  • Fisher, Roger and William Ury (2012): Getting to Yes: Negotiating an Agreement without Giving in. new ed., Random House Business.

Lern- und Lehrmethode

Face-to-face learning (input, discussions, role plays, presentations, written activities), case studies, distance learning, blended learning, support through various media

Prüfungsmethode

Continuous assessment:

  • 2 assessed simulated negotiations/meetings 60% (30% each)
  • Participation and performance in class, homework, quizzes, and assignments 40%

Voraussetzungen laut Lehrplan

English CEFR Level B2

Schnellinfos

Studiengang

Logistik und Transportmanagement (Bachelor)

Akademischer Grad

Bachelor

ECTS Credits

1.00

Unterrichtssprache

Englisch

Studienplan

Berufsbegleitend

Studienjahr, in dem die Lerneinheit angeboten wird

2024

Semester in dem die Lehrveranstaltung angeboten wird

4 SS

Incoming

Ja

Lernergebnisse der Lehrveranstaltung

After successful completion of the course students are able

  • to actively and constructively participate in meetings and negotiations
  • to prepare negotiations in English professionally
  • to chair meetings and negotiations effectively and skilfully
  • to competently advocate their position
  • to comment on other viewpoints positively and negatively and work towards an intended result
  • to achieve and optimise their personal negotiating goals or that of their teams by using English language negotiating terminology
  • to write informative minutes of a meeting/negotiation

Kennzahl der Lehrveranstaltung

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