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Conflict and Negotiation (MGMT90037)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Summer Term
Summer term: abarsky@unimelb.edu.au
July: pgahan@unimelb.edu.au
For quota enrolment queries please contact: teaching-mgmt-mktg@unimelb.edu.au
July
Summer term: abarsky@unimelb.edu.au
July: pgahan@unimelb.edu.au
For quota enrolment queries please contact: teaching-mgmt-mktg@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
Availability(Quotas apply) | Summer Term July |
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Fees | Look up fees |
Conflict between individual and groups is an inevitable aspect of day to day life. This subject will review the nature of conflict in the workplace and the conflict management strategies of influencing and negotiation. Students will be given the opportunity to apply negotiation techniques to case studies and in simulations.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Be able to successfully negotiate different types of conflict that occur within and between organisations;
- Describe the main theories of influencing and negotiation and their application in the workplace;
- Analyse and synthesise these theories and evaluate their usefulness;
- Prepare and execute a real world negotiation; and
- Apply theories, models and frameworks to understanding conflict, influencing and negotiation in the real world.
Generic skills
On successful completion of this subject, students should have improved the following generic skills:
- Analytical and interpretive skills relevant to a study of conflict, influencing and negotiation in the workplace;
- Research skills involving the use of written and electronic sources and other forms of data and information;
- A range of analytical approaches to critically evaluate complex arguments;
- The ability to evaluate, interpret and present independent points of view in oral and written communication; and
- Conducting research in an ethical manner.
Last updated: 9 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 9 April 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Five 200 word long individual assignments, due each day of the course
| Throughout the semester | 20% |
Take-home examination conducted one week after the conclusion of classes
| End of semester | 50% |
Individual assignment, due 2-3 weeks after the conclusion of classes
| At the end of the assessment period | 30% |
Last updated: 9 April 2024
Quotas apply to this subject
Dates & times
- Summer Term
Principal coordinator Adam Barsky Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours This intensive subject is taught over 36 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 29 January 2018 to 9 February 2018 Last self-enrol date 31 January 2018 Census date 9 February 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 February 2018 Assessment period ends 2 March 2018 Summer Term contact information
Summer term: abarsky@unimelb.edu.au
July: pgahan@unimelb.edu.au
For quota enrolment queries please contact: teaching-mgmt-mktg@unimelb.edu.au - July
Principal coordinator Peter Gahan Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours This intensive subject is taught over 36 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 16 July 2018 to 20 July 2018 Last self-enrol date 17 July 2018 Census date 27 July 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 August 2018 Assessment period ends 10 August 2018 July contact information
Summer term: abarsky@unimelb.edu.au
July: pgahan@unimelb.edu.au
For quota enrolment queries please contact: teaching-mgmt-mktg@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
Estimated total time commitment of 170 hours per semester
Additional delivery details
This subject has a quota of 100.
Students will be selected into the subject as they self-enrol during the re-enrolment period. Students enrolling after the quota has been reached will be notified and withdrawn from the subject and advised of the alternative subjects available.
Last updated: 9 April 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
You will be advised of prescribed texts by your lecturer.
- Subject notes
This subject will be offered in intensive mode in Semester 2. Students should be aware that a portion of assessment in this subject is by participation in class activities.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Management (Human Resources) Course Master of Commerce (Marketing) Course Master of Public Administration Course Master of Public Administration (Enhanced) Course Master of Commerce (Management) Course Master of Management (Human Resources) Informal specialisation 150 Point Master of Management (Human Resources) Informal specialisation 200 Point Master of Social Policy Informal specialisation 150 Point Master of Social Policy Informal specialisation 100 Point Master of Social Policy
Last updated: 9 April 2024