Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 11.255 (Spring 2005) 
• Course Title:
• Negotiation and Dispute Resolution in the Public Sector 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Urban Studies and Planning 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Lawrence Susskind 
• Course Introduction:
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  11.255 Negotiation and Dispute Resolution in the Public Sector
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2005

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features descriptions of interactive negotiation games in the related resources section as well as a complete reading list.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This course investigates social conflict and distributional disputes in the public sector. While theoretical aspects of conflict are considered, the focus of the class is on the practice of dispute resolution. Comparisons between unassisted and assisted negotiation are reviewed along with the techniques of facilitation and mediation.