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Using Blogs In Teaching Negotiation: A Technical And Intercultural Postscript, Kenneth Ian Macduff
Using Blogs In Teaching Negotiation: A Technical And Intercultural Postscript, Kenneth Ian Macduff
Ian Macduff
This article reexamines an earlier experiment in the use of blogs in teaching negotiation when undertaken in a different cultural environ ment. I briefly examine two core factors — technical competence and cultural preferences in communication — as well as a student prefer ence to reserve the use of social media for purely social and informal communications. Parallels are also drawn with the technical and cultural contexts of developments in online dispute resolution.
Using Blogs As A Teaching Tool In Negotiation, Ian Macduff
Using Blogs As A Teaching Tool In Negotiation, Ian Macduff
Ian Macduff
This article reports on the experimental use of blogs as a teaching tool in a course on negotiation and mediation. The blogs were of two kinds: individual journal blogs accessible only by the student author and the course instructor, and a class or collective blog, accessible by all members of the course. The use of blogs builds on the familiar use of journals as a tool for reflection and personal review and adopts the technology of online communication with which the student body is increasingly familiar and comfortable. The article reports on the student response to this development and the …
Teaching Students To Negotiate Like A Lawyer, John Lande
Teaching Students To Negotiate Like A Lawyer, John Lande
John Lande
Teaching students to negotiate effectively is central to their thinking, acting, and being like good lawyers. Virtually all lawyers spend much of their time negotiating, whether they deal with disputes or transactions. So law school negotiation courses should provide the most realistic possible portrayal of legal negotiation. This essay is intended to help instructors plan and teach negotiation courses, recognizing that every course should be tailored to fit the interests, capabilities, resources, and constraints of the instructors and students. This essay argues that many lawyers engage in “ordinary legal negotiation” (OLN), which is distinct from “romantic” theories of positional and …