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Negotiation Skills for Project Managers

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This course teaches project managers essential negotiation and conflict management skills. Project managers are often in the position of having accountability without formal authority. They may be held responsible for the success or failure of projects executed by people who do not report to them. They may or may not have control of the project budget. Members of their project teams are likely to have conflicting priorities. They themselves may be managing multiple projects. Time, money, material, and people are often in short supply. For all of these reasons, project managers have to be skilled negotiators and conflict managers to be effective in their roles.

Negotiation Skills for Project Managers lets you learn by doing. You will build your skills and confidence by participating in multiple, project-management-focused role-playing scenarios based on case studies and students' own experience. When you complete this course, you will receive 36 educational contact hours (3.6 CEUS).

Program Highlights:

  • Flexibility
  • Negotiation Skills for Project Managers lets you learn by doing using case studies
  • Students will learn problem-solving negotiation techniques and active listening, reframing, and an awareness of mental models to enhance communication and reduce tensions

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Campus:Boston
Level:Non-Credit
Type:Professional Development/Non-Credit
Format:Online
Contact:Cindy Jimenez
617.287.7876