Negotiation Skills and Presentation

Structure Type: Course
Code: LTVAMA103
Type: Elective
Level: Bachelor
Credits: 3.0 points
Responsible Teacher: Råtts, Saija
Teacher Team: Råtts, Saija
Language of Instruction: Finnish

Course Implementations, Planned Year of Study and Semester

Curriculum  Semester  Credits  Start of Semester  End of Semester
LITAKO-2015   2 spring   3.0   2017-01-01   2017-07-31  
LITAKO-2015   3 spring   3.0   2018-01-01   2018-07-31  
LITAKO-2016   2 spring   3.0   2018-01-01   2018-07-31  

Learning Outcomes

The student is able to use different negotiation strategies and tactics during sales. The student is able to analyze his/hers own communication skills, presentation skills and argumentation skills as a part of sales negotiations.

Student's Workload

Total workload 81 h; Lectures about 30 h (inc. web based learning) and independent study about 50 h.

Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses

1. year communication and marketing studies

Contents

- negotiation strategies and tactics
- argumentation and making impact with communication styles
- virtual negotiations
- sending more effective messages

Recommended or Required Reading

Kansanen, A. 2002. Neuvottelu- ja kokoustaito. Helsinki: WSOY.

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

- lectures, independent and group work

Assessment Criteria

1:
Argumentation is biased and scant and illustration is scant and irrelevant. Communication is sender-oriented: the goal, receiver or the situation are not taken into account sufficiently. The student is taking part scheduled studies and the student is on satisfactory level able to utilize negotiation strategies and tactics as a part of sales.

3:
Argumentation is quite unbiased and believable and illustration is relevant . The structure of text is mainly clear and coherent. The student is able to maintain interaction in communication. The student is quite actively taking part scheduled studies and the student is able to utilize negotiation strategies and tactics as a part of sales.

5:
Argumentation is unbiased, taking different viewpoints into account, and convincing and illustration is relevant, effective and considered. Follows the structure characteristic of the genre; text is logic, clear and coherent. Interaction in communication is highly skillful. The student is very actively taking part scheduled studies and the student is very well able to utilize negotiation strategies and tactics as a part of sales.

Assessment Methods

Oral and written individual and group assignments, active partisipation.

Work Placement

No workplacement.

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