NEGOTIATING EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS

Code Cours
2324-IÉSEG-M1S1-NEG-MA-EI30UE
Language of instruction
English
Teaching content
NEGOTIATION
Training officer(s)
P.ELGOIBAR
Stakeholder(s)
Patricia ELGOIBAR
Level
Master
Program year
Period

Présentation

Prerequisite
Personal interest in negotiation at organizational level and motivation.
Goal
At the end of the course, the student should be able to :
Understand the negotiation strategies in employment relations at individual and collective levels.
Define the role of the social partners: management, trade unions, worker representatives and policy makers.
Be able to plan effectively negotiation processes in organizations, as a manager and a worker.
Acquire competences in workplace conflict resolution and identify room for cooperation.
Analyze, discuss and present real cases of organizational negotiations and conflicts.
Presentation
The course focuses on how workers and managers face negotiations at collective and individual level. The behavior, preparation process, and strategies during the negotiation will be discussed. The course will also elaborate on how to create room for cooperation using learning by doing methodology. This will provide the students self-confidence when negotiating in the workplace.

During the course real cases will be analyzed and discussed together with the students. This course blends simulations with theoretical explanation and students will learn through participation and reflection.
Main topics of the course:

Workplace negotiation strategies
Individual negotiations (I-deals)
Collective negotiation (collective bargaining) and the actors
Conflict resolution in the workplace and social dialogue
Real cases and discussion

After this course, students will have a higher understanding of the negotiation processes in the workplace at the collective and individual level.

Modalités

Organization
Type Amount of time Comment
Présentiel
Cours magistral 16,00
Autoformation
Recherche 14,00
Travail personnel
Group Project 20,00
Overall student workload 50,00
Evaluation
Students' evaluation includes: 50% based on their class performance (presence, punctuality, participation and preparedness) and 50% on a final report due at a later point in time (linking class concepts with a real-life situation, topic chosen by students with help from instructor).
Control type Duration Amount Weighting
Contrôle continu
Participation 16,00 1 30,00
Présentation orale 0,00 1 10,00
Autres
Rapport écrit 0,00 1 40,00
Etude de cas 0,00 1 10,00
exposé
exposé 0,00 1 10,00
TOTAL 100,00

Ressources

Bibliography
I-deals: Idiosyncratic deals employees bargain for themselves. D.M. Rousseau. Ed. M.E. Sharpe. -
Effective negotiation: From research to results. R. Fells. Ed. Cambridge University Press -
Getting disputes resolved. W.L. Ury, J.M. Brett, and S. B. Goldberg. Ed. Jossey-Bass Publisher. -
A behavioural theory of labour negotiations. R.E. Walton and R.B. McKersie. Ed. ILR Press -