PPMP20011 Unit Portfolio for Week 2: Theory of Conflict and Negotiation in Project Management

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Week 2 Topic: Theory
of Negotiation and
Negotiation in Practice.
Alfredson T., & Cungu
A. 2008. Negotiation Th
eory and Practice;
Kerzner (2013) Section
25.5 Managing
Troubled Projects;
William Ury and Robert
Fisher (2012) GETTING
TO YES: Negotiating an
agreement without
giving in;
YouTube: Popular
3. Differentiate
methods of project
negotiation, conflict
management, and
stakeholder
engagement across
projects consisting of
differing technology
standards and asset
lifecycles.
The negotiation is one an aspect which is needed to be considered by the
management so as to carry out the work in a significant and an appropriate
manner. A project will be considering several technologies which are needed to
be focused as this is one channel or tool to make communication and to manage
the stakeholders. This is the strategy that is been utilised and planned to
develop the English-channel, this is basically used and introduced to meet the
set standards and to meet the objectives. Different methods theories and
models have been utilised which could be able to develop an effective strategy
and can also help in resolving the conflicts and issues (Kerzner, 2013).
Conflict is another major issue that is been faced by the people in the
project/process, therefore the management will have t use the best and
effective technique to overcome and to resolve the challenges and conflicts.
Compromising or bargaining might be the best option or suitable technique that
can be utilised by the management. Stakeholders are the key players in any of
the project, they are responsible for making all the strategies and effective
plans. The success factor of the project somewhere very much relies on the
contribution of stakeholders of the firm. the employees, management, investors
all are the major stakeholders of the project (Wikipedia, 2017).
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Videos – Negotiation;
Same as above 4. Explain and apply
methods of identifying
and reconciling
inconsistent and
conflicting objectives
and drivers that
develop, maintain,
manage relationships
and communication
with key stakeholders.
The project at the time of planning much time may not focus on several things
which may later lead to big issues and problems this may also create a situation
where changes ad modification in the plan is needed to be made. By properly
analysing the channels and the pathway of the project and all the resources that
are required in the project, then there will be an opportunity to manage the
problems and the issues (Alfredson & Cungu, 2008). The biggest issues are the
mismatch and different thought process of the people. There is a situation when
for reaching to one common goal different opinions and thoughts are there
which will create a problem in carrying out the entire project. There is a great
need for management, this is the foremost things which has to be considered
and noticed so that conflict and misunderstanding will be get reduced. There are
various things that will be used to manage the problems and one of the most
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important things that have to be taken in consideration is to make the
stakeholders delighted so that such issues and conflicts do not get arise.
Same as above 5. Explain the
consequences of
project delays,
disruptions, and
changes to planned
activities and the
methods for claims
variations, liquidated
damages, contract
entitlements, and
arbitration.
The project which is planned and executed are of the large-scale nature will
surely be facing various issues and problems. This may also lead to a situation
where the disruption and delay in the project will get done. This is having a great
impact on the development and effectively proceeding with the project as well.
The English-channel project is also working on a large scale and this will also be
confronting many delaying and disruptive chances (Ury & Fisher, 2012). The life
cycle of the project will also get affected badly which is not at all a good thing
for the project. The various issues and conflict among the process will be
affecting the effectiveness and the efficiency of the project. This will also impact
n the project development and sustainability. This could only be able to get
managed with the effective use of strategies and conflict management system.
This will provide a proper guidance to the people which will be aiding in the
management of the project. The arbitration, liquidation and many more are the
techniques that could be used to resolve the issues and the possible
consequences. The changes and the modification in the project will have to be
done along with the use of these issues management tools (Peña-Mora and
Tamaki, 2001).
Same as above 6. Evaluate project The project when get started tor implemented there are several things that are
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management tools that
help avoid or provide
conflict resolution via
negotiated solutions.
needed to be managed and take in the notice. The issues and problems are the
basic and the most terrible situation that comes across the project. This is very
necessary for the management to understand the root cause of the problem and
reason for the conflict (PMI, 2013). There are numerous strategies and
techniques that will help in managing the possible conflicts and issues such as-
1. Arbitration is one the tool that can be used by the parties who are
involved in the project and are facing any kind of disputes or conflicts.
2. The management can sit together and talk about the problems and will
try to resolve it by communicating. As communication is the best tool
used to resolve and overcome most of the problems.
3. The different conflict management or resoling techniques such as the
compromising, collaborating and many more can be used which is most
suitable as per the and nature of the issues.
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References
 Alfredson T., & Cungu A. 2008. Negotiation Theory and Practice http://www.fao.org/docs/up/easypol/550/4-5_negotiation_background_paper_179en.pdf;
 Kerzner H. 2013. Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Control, 11th Edition. Hoboken, USA: John Wiley & Sons.
 Peña-Mora F., and Tamaki T. 2001. "Effect of Delivery Systems on Collaborative Negotiations for Large -Scale Infrastructure Projects”. Journal of Management in
Engineering. Vol:April 2001 pp.105-121
 PMI. 2013a. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) 5th Edition. USA: Project Management Institute.
 Wikipedia 2017 Channel Tunnel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Tunnel visited 24th March 2018.
 Ury W., & Fisher R. 2012. Getting to YES: Negotiating an agreement without giving in. Penguin Random House Australia
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