SV
Aug 21, 2015
Thanks for this wonderful course Prof. Siedel. I don't know of a better way to negotiate with you than to request:Please offer more advanced courses; this course --I hope!-- has prepared me for them.
TK
Jan 13, 2018
Great Learning experience, my first but not the last & recommended for those working professionals who have busy schedule and still want to whet their insatiable appetite for contemporary learning
By William G
鈥Sep 24, 2015
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By Nil D R L
鈥Sep 12, 2015
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By Jessica T
鈥Jan 7, 2020
I liked this course overall, and thought it had some thought-provoking and actually useful bits of information. I am a researcher in her 20s at the University of Michigan hospital, to provide a bit of my perspective. I originally took this course to (hopefully) get some ideas for how to negotiate salaries, perks, and benefits with potential employers and how to better represent myself in private purchases for things such as used vehicles. In my experience, this course was about 70% theory/large-scale negotiation and 30% real life tips and suggestions, so it did not exactly fulfill my original hopes for the course, but did provide me with a lot to think about when it comes to business-to-business or business-to-client negotiations that may come in handy in the future (and if not, then at least it's some new insight).
Pros: very accessible to many cultures and countries, some tips for psychological traps that are commonly present in negotiation situations, real life examples of companies following different theories outlined in the course, the instructor was fairly engaging and seemed genuine in his interest and very experienced, "The House on Elm Street" example that is given in this course and intended to be carried out with another person in real life was quite useful and fun
Cons: not super useful for my purposes (outlined above), I wish there were more examples/practice prompts similar to "The House on Elm Street" so that we could practice a variety of scenarios and hone some skills over several attempts at realistic negotiation scenarios
By hanqiu.qian
鈥Oct 10, 2015
The professor is well-knowledged and able to provide very high quality course. I do lean a lot from his class.
Though English is my second language, prof. George's explanation is very clear, easy to understand and on the point. The videos help a lot when i was learning. It's more efficient and memorable than reading the book (i also purchase the book and write notes during my learning).
Generally, I's satisfied by the knowledge I learned so far. Due to device limitation, i, prof, and other students may not able have interaction which may influence our learning quality (Negotiation required a lot of practice and experiences). But I still can see our prof's effort on making this class memorable to us.
At the end, Thank you Prof. George for providing meaningful education.
By 孝芯屑懈褑邪 袣
鈥Apr 30, 2017
This course was extremely valuable to me. Theoretical knowledge especially. My two points for possible improvement, most probably subjective, would be:
1.The course is too slow-paced. There is a bit too much of an auxiliary talk, which may distract from the essential knowledge.
2.While the course offers some state of the art practical examples, a little more interactive approach would probably immensely increase student involvement and hence help keep attention and distinguish important points.
Lastly, at every start of the week, I was asked to do a test quiz to asses my knowledge from that week. This is very strange. The test quizzes should most definitely be offered only in the end of a week, AFTER I have acquired knowledge, and not before.
By Rishabh K
鈥Apr 26, 2020
This is a very well designed course for negotiations and contract making. The thing I found which would have been added benefit is more practical elaboration in Week 3 of actual negotiation techniques. More of these tools could have been covered and practical guides and case studies like negotiating for increases compensation, negotiating with a supplier etc.
Some of these tools which I found from the book "Never Split the difference" are
Disarming your opponent by saying the worst thing about yourself first, particularly helpful in dispute resolution negotiations.
Asking "How am I supposed to do that?"
Mirroring technique
Writing the specific number instead of round off number.
Giving a range
etc.
By Bart B
鈥Apr 6, 2020
Good course, you really learn skills which are valuable in real (business) life. The exercise of week 6 is excellent.
However, it was a bit slow paced and a bit too easy. I think I could have learned the same material in much less time if the videos had been more to the point (maybe some exmaples less, or explain an example with 2 sentences instead of 5).
If you want to go faster, just read the book and only do the exercise of week 6 and the end exam. The book is almost a literal transcription of what he says in the videos. Indentical examples and anecdotes.
Summary: content was great but could have been more fast paced.
By Carina P
鈥Oct 6, 2015
Some strategies I learnt, I would have never thought of. An interesting course and quite enjoyable. A great course for any business person who needs the essential ingredients for negotiating. Thank you to the lecturer and much appreciated.
Perhaps a little additional material to give it some depth? I just felt a little more was needed to validate the material to put what we learn into practice. But apart from that, a worthwhile course for anyone that needs to negotiate in their business. I am sure I will refer back to this from time to time, as some pointers will help keep you in focus with your strategies.
By Virgilio L
鈥Sep 12, 2020
I just found the final exam a bit confusiong when the answers options were displaying > "two of the above". What does it mean? 1: the last two answers which are located right above ? or 2: any other answer that is above?. Still, I found the course not clear enough on the differences and similarities between mediation, arbitrarion, litigation. I know it is a lot to cover, but the course is ambigous about these themes. Anyhow, it was very interesting, George is awesome, I've learned from it and I do recommend it to my friends for sure! Thanks for the opportunity!
By Eduardo O
鈥Sep 2, 2020
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By Paul P
鈥Nov 21, 2020
This course was an interesting insight into the workings of business related conflicts and their resolution methods. It was especially so for me, not being an American, and learning a little bit about the way business and law go hand in hand. Of course this business-law tie is true of every country, but as a fishbowl look into the American way of doing things it made me able to reflect on the wider world and its methods too. Thank you Professor Siedel, for being my engaging virtual teacher.
By Mauro D M
鈥Jul 23, 2022
Well organized, in some cases I would increasee the slides number and content to give possibility of fast review of the content of the course.
Explanation is clear and easy also for not native english speakers. Examples are very nice but in some cases the conclusion should be stressed more, to make clear what the examples are aimed to.
In general is a good course touching all the main topics and exercises and final exams are good tools and support to review the course content. I reccomed it.
By Kannike O
鈥Oct 18, 2015
My personal opinion is that every lawyer needs to master the art of negotiation and this is one of the best if not the best platform to initiate that process. I would say specifically that I have learnt a lot and I believe this would give me an edge over lawyers that have no idea about this in my country (NIGERIA).
Thank you very much coursera for giving people like me an opportunity to know and understand more. You are truly creating a world without educational boundaries.
By Crist贸bal G M
鈥Jun 7, 2023
Aunque es un curso muy completo, est谩 dirigido m谩s espec铆ficamente a personas que van un poco m谩s al 谩mbito legal o realmente negociadores especialistas, yo por otro lado soy ingeniero industrial y claro que me ayudo con las herramientas expuestas, aunque por mi sector me fue algo complicado entender o retener algunos conceptos t茅cnicos ya que no ten铆a bases para poder realmente aprenderlos al 100%, pero de igual forma es un gran curso y ayuda a muchos con su contenido.
By Brandon P
鈥Jan 23, 2017
Would like more exercises to test knowledge throughout the course, not just one large exam at the end. Would prefer less choices on final exam questions to better demonstrate one's knowledge of material, not test-taking skills.
Professor Siedel is a wonderful professor with many years of both theoretical and practical knowledge. His real-world examples allow students to apply course materials beyond academia to the business world and life in general.
By Dagmar H
鈥Nov 16, 2015
This course was really useful and Prof. Siedel is such a great person. It is a pleasure listen to his lectures that were more like stories. I however would have liked to have little quizzes in between the weeks to review the content. It adds up quite a lot and even taking notes, at the end some info gets missing. I definitely recommend this course though. I am sure I will do much better in my next negotiation.
By ACE A
鈥Feb 10, 2023
The Instructor has a pleasant conversational style that relates to real-world experiences in this disciple well. The challenge is finding specific subtopic headers to concisely review concepts, or, finding deep-dive explanations on concepts/scenarios, that the student finds challenging. Thank you for broadening my conceptual horizons in this course per what life negotiations we encounter, actually entail.
By Neraj G
鈥Apr 9, 2020
The course is well designed to give extra mileage on the Negotiation skills.
The presentation of the course and examples are very helpful for learning the concepts well.
In my opinion some topics needs more focus and illustration namely
" Decision Tree", Different options of Authority like Express,Apparent and Implied.
I througly enjoyed the topics and it will defntly benefit me in my Negotation skills.
By Mario G
鈥Dec 30, 2022
George Siedel is an outstanding professor, with the great ability to be able to break down complex ideas and communicate them in a simple way. During this course, I learned more about the multidisciplinary topic of negotiation, by introducing theory in conjunction with real-life case studies. I would absolutely follow a course offered by this professor and/or the University of Michigan in the future.
By Ivo G P
鈥Apr 18, 2017
The course is great, but the title was misleading for me. I would call it "Contract Negotiation", because there is a lot of information on the laws and the specifications of contract signing that I think are too specific to be present in a general negotiation course. Other than that, the teacher is great and the tests/exams also allow for a continuous notion of our progression.
By Felipe G
鈥Nov 16, 2015
The way professor Mr. G. Siedel conducted the course is very practical and useful. Invites always to "think about answers" to complex questions and his new approaching techniques to negotiate with success are truly useful to analyze your behave negotiating, and therefore , improve in the negotiation techniques and knowledge of tools and different approaches to a negotiation.
By Arya S
鈥Mar 4, 2022
Really good course in my opinion, but I believe that as a student on financial aid, it is clearly not possible to purchase the course or the certificate, so it would be a genuine request to you sir/maam that I be granted access to my course certificate since I successfully completed it with an 88.88 percent final score.
Thank you, and I hope to hear back from you soon :)
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鈥Aug 31, 2020
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By Kamip A
鈥Oct 8, 2016
For me, this course was very thought-provoking. The professor gave many examples to make sure students understood the study materials. It was very interesting and challenging course. Even for someone who doesnt have skills in negotiation, this course definetely helped me to understand how to negotiate with structure and how to use it. Every penny was worth it!
By Catrinescu V
鈥Sep 27, 2015
It is a quite well structured course. Is missing a little bit "flash" to become more incentive, attractive. Negotiation is part of "sell and buy" something and many times is not only a scheme of calculus, could be also sentimental decision and in this case is difficult to determine the right value (value creation is like a bubble soap, nice but easy to break).