THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE

NEGOTIATION PROGRAMME

Duration

6 weeks, excluding
orientation

Effort

7-10 hours per week,
entirely online

Learning Format

Weekly modules,
flexible learning

ON COMPLETION OF THIS COURSE, YOU’LL WALK AWAY WITH:

1

A toolkit of proven and practical negotiation skills, set against academic theory and frameworks, for use in any business context

2

The ability to recognise and respond to different negotiation styles and techniques, arriving at the optimal solution in any negotiation scenario

3

personal development plan, to capture your learning and skills gains throughout the course, contributing to your longer-term personal and career growth

4

certificate from LSE to validate your enhanced negotiation skills
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This course is certified by the United Kingdom CPD Certification Service, and may be applicable to individuals who are members of, or are associated with, UK-based professional bodies. The course has an estimated 60 hours of learning.

Note: should you wish to claim CPD activity, the onus is upon you. The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and GetSmarter accept no responsibility, and cannot be held responsible, for the claiming or validation of hours or points.

YOUR COURSE CONVENOR

Professor Connson Locke

Professorial Lecturer in Management, Department of Management, LSE

Connson is a senior lecturer in the LSE Department of Management. She joined LSE in 2008 from the Boston Consulting Group, and her areas of expertise are leadership, negotiation, decision-making, and organisational behaviour. Connson is part of the academic leadership team for the Executive Global Master’s in Management, LSE’s cutting-edge alternative to an MBA. Additionally, she teaches the School’s most successful executive course on campus: Achieving Leadership Excellence. Connson holds a PhD and MSc in organisational behaviour from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BA in sociology from Harvard University. Her research interests include gender and leadership, diversity, and organisational culture.

COURSE CURRICULUM

Over the duration of this immersive and interactive online certificate course, you’ll work your way through the following modules:

Module 1:
Essential concepts of negotiation
Module 2:
Negotiation strategies
Module 3:
Principled negotiation
Module 4:
Creativity and emotions in negotiation
Module 5:
Culture, power and influence in negotiation
Module 6:
The future of negotiation

AN ONLINE EDUCATION THAT SETS YOU APART

This LSE online certificate course is delivered in collaboration with online education provider GetSmarter, part of edX. Join a growing community of global professionals and benefit from the opportunity to:

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Gain verifiable and relevant competencies and earn invaluable recognition from a world-leading social science university, entirely online and in your own time.

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Enjoy a personalised, people-mediated online learning experience created to make you feel supported at every step.

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Experience a flexible but structured approach to online education as you plan your learning around your life to meet weekly milestones.

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