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About the Course

We all negotiate on a daily basis. On a personal level, we negotiate with friends, family, landlords, car sellers and employers, among others. Negotiation is also the key to business success. No business can survive without profitable contracts. Within a company, negotiation skills can lead to your career advancement. I hope that you will join the hundreds of thousands of learners who have made “Successful Negotiation” one of the most popular and highly-rated MOOCs worldwide. In the course, you’ll learn about and practice the four steps to a successful negotiation: (1) Prepare: Plan Your Negotiation Strategy (2) Negotiate: Use Key Tactics for Success (3) Close: Create a Contract (4) Perform and Evaluate: The End Game To successfully complete this course and improve your ability to negotiate, you’ll need to do the following: (1) Watch the short videos (ranging from 5 to 20 minutes). The videos are interactive and they include questions to test your understanding of negotiation strategy and skills. You can speed up or slow down videos to match your preferred pace for listening. Depending on your schedule, you can watch the videos over a few weeks or you can binge watch them. A learner who binge-watched the course concluded that “It’s as good as Breaking Bad.” Another learner compared the course to “House of Cards.” Both shows contain interesting examples of complex negotiations! (2) Test your negotiation skills by completing the negotiation in Module 6. You can negotiate with a local friend or use Discussions to find a partner from another part of the world. Your negotiation partner will give you feedback on your negotiation skills. To assist you with your negotiations, I have developed several free negotiating planning tools that are related to the course. These tools and a free app are available at http://negotiationplanner.com/ . The course also includes an opportunity to use an interactive experience where you can test your negotiation skills before starting the live negotiation. (3) Take the final exam. To successfully complete the course, you must answer 80% of the questions correctly. The exam is a Mastery Exam, which means that you can take it as many times as you want until you master the material. Course Certificate You have the option of earning a Course Certificate. A Certificate provides formal recognition of your achievements in the course and includes the University of Michigan logo. Learn more about Certificates at: https://learner.coursera.help/hc/en-us/articles/209819053-Get-a-Course-Certificate This course is also available in Spanish and Portuguese. To join the fully translated Spanish version, visit this page: https://www.coursera.org/learn/negociacion/ To join the fully translated Portuguese version, visit this page: https://www.coursera.org/learn/negociacao Subtitles for the videos are available in English, Ukrainian, Chinese (Simplified), Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish Created by: University of Michigan The course logo composite is shared with a Creative Commons CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/) license, and was created using images provided courtesy of Flazingo Photos (http://bit.ly/1zOylRm) and K2 Space (https://www.flickr.com/photos/k2space/14257556613/in/set-72157644732478432)....

Top reviews

AB

Mar 8, 2017

Probably the best course videos Ive come across. Professor George I believe is an amazing teacher...the way he gets the concept across to students by simple and constant examples is worth mentioning..

EP

Oct 14, 2021

Dr. Siedel is adorable. I feel more confident and meanwhile more thoughtful for negotiating after this course. I bargained on many personal and business purchases, positions, etc. highly recommended.

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By Sandra

Feb 7, 2024

This course helped me fine-tune my negotiation skills tools for my daily personal and professional life. I want to thank Prof. George Siedel for spectacularly presenting this amazing course.

By Sandeep K

May 5, 2021

The course is great and helps in both personal and professional growth. The examples Prof. George Siedel have given are a cherry on the cake. I just loved the way the modules were explained.

By ALESSANDRO S

Oct 30, 2020

Thanks tp prof. Siedel. Very good course, well organized and well explained. Examples very useful to fix the theory. I had no difficulty with English because he speaks very calm and clearly.

By TANISHKA S C

Jul 15, 2020

One of the few truly useful courses I've enrolled in, the case studies, examples of real-life cases, mock videos were extremely helpful

looking forward to yet another course in greater detail

By Chioma S J

May 18, 2020

This is one of the best courses on Negotiation I have taken. I have learnt lessons that are not just applicable to work or business but to life in general. Thank you Professor George Siedel.

By Borislav C

Oct 19, 2019

this corse has helped me to develop both how I approach a negotiations wells as ensuring that customers are kept happy which therefore allows for a healthy relationship and revenue pipeline.

By Raphael A

Aug 14, 2019

Great course with some very nice techniques and tools to achieve the best results in negotiations. The professor has vast experience and masters the art of negotiation, strongly recommended.

By Luiz F

Oct 20, 2021

Muito bom, recomendo a todos, por conter instruções relevantes para qualquer area, e para quem trabalha na area comercial e de contratos é essencial. Qualidade do video e legendas perfeito.

By Cheung D

Jan 27, 2021

super cool course. Instructor speaks English very well and all the topics are covered in logical and well organized format. Highly recommend for everyone who is interested in negotiation.

By Thach C T

Jun 27, 2023

Equipped great methodology and psychology tools to apply easily in making deal successfully. Prevent litigation and saving time & money through mediation. Worth to invest time in learning.

By Ramiro

Feb 4, 2023

Excellent course. I have learned new concepts. I liked the methodology of the course. Good examples to teach the course contents. Thank you because it will be very useful in my daily life.

By Romina R Z

Aug 23, 2021

Some of the videos are very lengthy but most of it were worth it :) In a nutshell, I learned about business psychology and I think my knowledge for these can be useful in the work place:)

By Roman v A

Aug 31, 2020

Interesting, a tad heavy on the law side of things which if you're purely in the business side of a negotiation may be a bit overkill (we have lawyers for this...) but absolutely worth it.

By Bibin K

Apr 15, 2020

I had a great time attending this course. Excellent presentation from Prof. Siedel, very clear and with lot of cases. This course is worth the time and effort to learn negotiation skills.

By Vo V V

Sep 4, 2015

The course is very and very good and usefull, but it's easier for the attendants to take the quiz by the end of each Module and do the final test shorter (about 10-15 questions are enough)

By Nitin P

Sep 29, 2021

This is much needed course especially for budding managers. I am glad I made decsion to go for this course. I highly recommend this course to anyone who want to up their negotiation game.

By Guru M

Sep 15, 2019

Its very good course for sales person, i would recommend this course for all the sales person and they should go with this course. thank you very much Mr. George & University of Michigan.

By Deleted A

Dec 29, 2016

This course is amazing! Thank you people from Coursera for giving me this great opportunity of learning this negotiation skills, they will be very useful in my life for now on. Thank you!

By Debasish G

Aug 11, 2020

I always thought that negotiation is about talking skills, but this course revealed the technicalities of negotiations. Thanks to Prof. George for giving this life skill of negotiation.

By Sri S Y

Jun 9, 2020

Highly recommended. The exercise in the final section really helped in understanding the underlying interests of other side during a negotiation and the checklist and tools are amazing.

By Nguyễn H C

Feb 22, 2020

Thanks so much for the course. To pass, I have learned hard and reading carefully. Most valuable knowledge I have earned on this course. Thank you Professor for sharing your experience.

By Krishna S

Feb 12, 2019

Great lectures and detailed frameworks discussed with live case examples. Love attending each session and squeezing in more time from work to complete the course and learn new concepts

By Paris

Jan 13, 2019

THIS CLASS IS VERY USEFUL WHETHER FROM PRACTICAL SKILLS OR THEORITICAL BASIS FOR MY NEGOTIATION IN MY REAL WORKING ENVIRONMENT, WHICH LEADS MR TO THINK TWICE BEFORE I throw out my ideas

By Marc S R

Oct 13, 2023

Building a team of experts in any organization will systematically increase negotiating skills and allow multiple streams of support and review the intricate specifics of contract law.

By NKEIRUKA N

Feb 6, 2023

Super engaging and cognitively challenging. I truly enjoyed this course. The instructor has a very unique way of impacting the knowledge. I stayed glue on my system learning with joy.