COURSE NUMBER: EWMBA 252-1
COURSE TITLE: Negotiations
UNITS OF CREDIT: 2 units
INSTRUCTOR: Laura Kray
E-MAIL ADDRESS: kray@haas.berkeley.edu
MEETING DAY/TIME: Thursdays 6-9:30PM; 10 weeks (8/28
– 10/30)
PREREQUISITE(S): EWMBA Core Curriculum
CLASS FORMAT: The class is comprised of lectures, discussion,
negotiation exercises (typically one per week), guest lecturers, and videos.
REQUIRED READINGS: 1 required text and a course reader
BASIS FOR FINAL GRADE:
· Class participation: 34%
· Negotiation reflection memos: 33%
· Negotiation "in the wild" assignment: 25%
ABSTRACT OF COURSE'S CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES:
Negotiation is the art and science of securing agreements
between two or more interdependent parties. The central issues of this course
deal with understanding how individuals, groups, and organizations behave in
potentially competitive situations. The following is a list of partial
objectives: experience the negotiation process, improve your ability to negotiate
effectively, improve your ability to analyze negotiation situations, develop a
strategic plan for effective negotiation, gain an intellectual understanding of
negotiator behavior, and gain confidence as a negotiator. This course is
designed to complement the technical and diagnostic skills learned in other
courses in the MBA curriculum. A basic premise of the course is that while a
manager needs analytical skills to develop optimal solutions to problems, a
broad array of negotiation skills is needed in order for these solutions to be
accepted and implemented.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:
Laura Kray is the Warren E. &
Carol Spieker Professor of Leadership at
Haas. She received her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Washington.
Before coming to Haas, she taught at Kellogg Graduate School of Management,
Northwestern University and Eller College of Business and Public
Administration, University of Arizona. She has received multiple research
grants from the National Science Foundation to study the role of cognitive and
motivational processes in determining negotiation outcomes, how gender impacts
negotiations, and how information is processed in group decision making
contexts.