PPMP20011 Unit Portfolio - Week 6: Commercial Conflict Resolution

This portfolio, prepared for the PPMP20011 unit, focuses on commercial conflict resolution within project management, specifically addressing Week 6's topic. It examines collaborative project procurement arrangements, negotiation methods, conflict management, and stakeholder engagement across varying project types and lifecycles. The portfolio explores the influence of trust, collaboration frameworks, and social capital on commercial negotiations, referencing key readings and academic sources. It also analyzes methods for identifying and reconciling conflicting objectives, managing stakeholder relationships, and the consequences of project delays and disruptions. Furthermore, the portfolio evaluates project management tools designed to avoid or resolve conflicts through negotiated solutions, drawing upon PMBOK model and PMI module guides. The assignment provides insights into how negotiation methodology helps in managing conflicts in construction projects, emphasizing the importance of project managers' strategic decision-making and the application of project management tools to enhance negotiation outcomes.

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Week 6 Topic:
Commercial
Conflict
Resolution.
Collaborative
Project
Procurement
Arrangements
(2015) by Derek H.
3. Differentiate
methods of project
negotiation, conflict
management, and
stakeholder
engagement across
projects consisting
of differing
technology
standards and asset
The objective of this week’s topic is to make sure you have an
appreciation of the Role of the Project Manager in Commercial
Negotiation.
Try to ask yourself the questions that were in the slides in the
6thweek’s lecture:-
1. What is the influence of Trust upon Commercial
Negotiation?
2. Can Trust be changed by Political Interests?
3. Does Trust assist in Commercial Conflict Resolution?
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T. Walker and
Beverly M. Lloyd
Walker;
lifecycles. 4. What is the influence of Collaboration Frameworks upon
Commercial Negotiation?
5. Can Co-learning between Teams change the outcomes of
Commercial Negotiation?
6. In what way does taking the Perspective of others help or
hinder Commercial Negotiation?
7. How does Social Capital impact on Commercial
Negotiation?
8. Does it change as a consequence of the parties Cultural
Background?
9. How does Social Capital impact on Commercial
Negotiation?
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10. Does it change as a consequence of the parties Cultural
Background?
11. How does Social Capital impact on Commercial
Negotiation?
12. Does it change as a consequence of the parties Cultural
Background?
In conclusion to this week:
13. Do the ideas in Chapter 4 help in structuring your thoughts
around Commercial Project Negotiation?
14. How does this week’s topic relate to the previous weeks
topics?
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15. How relevant are the thoughts of Alfredson & Cungu from
the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations in the context of this chapter? Or are we looking at
completely different ideas?
4. Explain and
apply methods of
identifying and
reconciling
inconsistent and
conflicting
objectives and
drivers that
It is explained that the project negotiation methods has been
illustrated and what should be the project negotiation methods to be
developed. The communication should be able to develop and
identifying the inconsistent and conflicting the objectives and
drivers which is useful in developing and maintaining the
relationships with the different stakeholders involved in the
business as well (Lloyd-Walker and Walker 2015). It is found out
that an innovative negotiation methodology is useful in managing
No there will not be
use of any other
materials except the
peer reviewed
journal to be used
over here.
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develop, maintain,
mange
relationships and
communication
with key
stakeholders.
conflicts in construction projects where there has been multiple
decision making to be taken place. The proposed negotiation
methodology should have the innovative ability to consider that the
attitudes of the decision makers has an important psychological
factor where the negotiations to be taken place. The graph model
for conflict resolution is useful in assisting the decision makers
which involves the project managers to get the best strategic
decision making which could be useful in developing strong
relationships with the stakeholders. So it is learnt from the findings
that the attitudes in the strategic decision making by the project
managers are effective and important in making negotiations which
will be helping the project managers in tackling of the complex
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construction projects in the future as well.
Are any of the
activities above
relevant to your
reflections for the
learning outcomes
on the right?
5. Explain the
consequences of
project delays,
disruptions, and
changes to planned
activities and the
methods for claims
variations,
liquidated damages,
contract
entitlements, and
It has been learnt from the findings that the collaborative project
procurement approaches helps in making the projects to be
successful. It is seen mainly in the construction as well in the
infrastructure sector. It is seen that the P/PAs are becoming
important as the popular collaborative project management form
and these are often termed as the RBP approaches (Kerzner 2015).
It is seen that the project alliancing method is considered as the
important collaborative project procurement approach which is
delivered for the Australian and the UK projects as well. The
project procurement is basically a socially constructed concept as
this does not gets started until and unless there is any review of
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arbitration. literature is to be done. It is also found from the article that the
project procurement choice should depend on certain factors which
should involve the project life cycle, project types, strategic
direction of the business as well.
Are any of the
activities above
relevant to your
reflections for the
learning outcomes
on the right?
6. Evaluate project
management tools
that help avoid or
provide conflict
resolution via
negotiated
solutions.
The project management tools are essential in reducing and
eliminating the conflicts around the differ projects which should be
undertaken. It is learnt from the findings that negotiations play an
important role in reducing the conflicts developed for the
procurement approaches to be implemented properly for the
construction and large infrastructure projects (Yousefi Hipel and
Hegazy 2010). It is also found that the procurement knowledge gap
for the collaborative approaches needs to be reduced so that the
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PMBOK model and
PMI module guide.
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RBP projects will be able to improve its performance in the context
of the global world. It is also learnt that the RBP projects in this
world differs from one another. It is also found from this article that
the project management tools and its sheer application will help in
making useful negotiations in the projects which is taken place
through collaborative approaches of project management (Fleming
and Koppelman 2016). This will help in managing or avoiding
conflict resolution with the help of solutions which can be
negotiated as well.
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References
Lloyd-Walker, B. and Walker, D., 2015, April. Collaborative project procurement arrangements. Project Management Institute.
Yousefi, S., Hipel, K.W. and Hegazy, T., 2010. Attitude‐based strategic negotiation for conflict management in construction projects. Project
Management Journal, 41(4), pp.99-107.
Fleming, Q.W. and Koppelman, J.M., 2016, December. Earned value project management. Project Management Institute.
Kerzner, H., 2015. Project management 2.0: leveraging tools, distributed collaboration, and metrics for project success. John Wiley & Sons.
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