Negotiation is a key management skill at every level of every firm in every age and region. This course develops students' abilities to negotiate using a number of realistic negotiation simulations. Together with lectures, discussion and exercises, students gain a number of principles and tools drawn from many disciplines including economics, behavioral science, game theory, and history. The course begins with core skills for creating and claiming wealth wisely and then advances to skills for handling complex transactions.

Sandra Matz

David W. Zalaznick Associate Professor of Business

Sandra Matz takes a Big Data approach to studying human behavior in a variety of business-related domains. She combines methodologies from psychology and computer science – including machine learning, experimental designs, online surveys, and field studies – to explore the relationships between people’s psychological characteristics (e.g. their personality) and the digital footprints they leave with every step they take in the...

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