Please note: This course will be offered thrice; once in the first semester in English and twice in the second semester in Dutch and English.
Admission requirements
This course is an (extracurricular) Honours Class: an honours elective in the Honours College programme. There are limited spots available for second-year or third-year non-honours students. Admission will be based on motivation.
Description
A society without conflicts is an Utopia! Every day you are introduced to small or complex disputes on different social levels in the world. Conflicts and the way we deal with them play an important part of our personal and professional life. Not only our personal skills are important in dealing with these complex situations. Also understanding of the development of the process and recognition of other aspects which play an important role in solving difficult disagreements will help you to achieve better results.
This Honours Class will introduce you in the science and practice of dispute resolution and negotiation on different social levels (international, business, and personal). You will learn to analyse different conflicts and will be able to train and expand your skills.
Course objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will:
know about the science and practice of dispute resolution and negotiation on different social levels (international, business, and personal);
be able to analyze different conflicts and will be able to train and expand your mediation skills.
Timetable
This course will be offered thrice; once in the first semester in English and twice in the second semester in Dutch and English. The 6 lectures will take place on Thursday evening from 17.00 to 21.00. For the third edition lectures are scheduled on Thurday evenings as well as Tuesday evenings, 17-21 hrs.
English edition semester 1:
Thursday 18 October
Thursday 8 November
Thursday 15 November
Thursday 22 November
Thursday 29 November
Thursday 6 December
Dutch edition semester 2:
Thursday 4 April
Thursday 11 April
Thursday 18 April
Thursday 9 May
Thursday 16 May
Thursday 23 May
English edition semester 2:
Tuesday 28 May
Tuesday 4 June
Thursday 6 June
Thursday 13 June
Tuesday 18 June
Thursday 20 June
Location
Old Observatory, Leiden,. Rooms A007 and A006.
Programme
Session 1: Introduction on conflictmanagement
Session 2: Negotiation and simulation
Session 3: Mutual Gains Approach with guest lectures by mr. F. Evers and prof. L. Susskind (MIT)
Session 4: Mediation (workshop)
Session 5: Mediation (workshop)
Session 6: Roleplay
Course Load
This course is worth 5 EC, which means the total course load equals 140 hours.
Assessment Method
70% Individual assignment of 2000 words
30% Group assignment of 3000 words
Students can only pass this course after successful completion of all partial exams.
Please note: Attendance is compulsory.
Blackboard and uSis
Blackboard will be used in this course. Students can register for the Blackboard site two weeks prior to the start of the course.
Please note: students are not required to register through uSis for the Honours Classes. Your registration will be done centrally.
Reading list
Dutch edition: ‘Het kan wel! Bestuurlijk onderhandelen voor een duurzaam resultaat” by Frans Evers and Lawrence Susskind (Mandatory Literature) “Good for You and great for me" van Lawrence Susskind (Optional literature)
English edition: “Good for You and Great for me” by Lawrence Susskind (Mandatory Literature)
Registration
Enrolling in the first semester English version of this course is possible from August 21st until September 6th 23:59 through the Honours Academy, via this link. Enrolling in this course for the second semester is possible from Tuesday November 6th until Thursday November 15th 23.59hrs through the Honours Academy, via this link.