Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2501915 Environmental Sciences | OT | 4 | 0 |
It is required to have passed the subject "Environmental administration and policies". It is also necessary to read generalist newspapers and to have interest in the current environmental political conflicts and negotiations. Finally, the kind of activities and evaluation of this subject makes essential the assistance to the majority of the sessions. Other ways of pursuing the subject are considered exceptional and should be previously agreed with the lecturer.
Negotiation is a key element in the process of elaboration and of public policies and the management environmental conflicts. The objective of this subject is to offer to students the theoretical and practical tools to understand and manage public controversies, and to introduce students in the negotiation theory and tecniques in the framework of public policy processes and environmental conflicts.
The subject combines the theoretical and practical dimensions. During the course we will analyse public controversies and explore different ways to negotiate by means of simulations and practical cases, from the most simple to the most complex ones and combining the perspectives at the different levels of government.
The subject Negotiation of Public Interventions has 6 ECTS credits, that is, a total of 150 hours of dedication by the student (25 hours per credit). These hours are structured in the various types of training activities and teaching methodologies described below with the objective of combining a well-founded theoretical approach with practical exercises,to allow a direct approach to the reality of negotiations linked to the implementation of public policies.
The theoretical foundations will be exposed in the sessions dedicated to theoretical lectures, that will be at all times opened to the participation of students for clarification and debate.
The fundamentals of the theory will be settled on the reading of texts and the autonomous study, both of the material exposed in the classes and other materials that will be indicated in class or through the Virtual Campus.
The study work will be complemented with individual exercises related to the seminar readings and cases, from which a debate will be held between the students led by the lecturer. During the course, a total of 10 seminars will be take place, 5 of which will include a written assignment and 5 more that will just be treated orally in class. All seminars will be evaluated both in terms of oral contributions in class and, where appropriate, written assignments. It will be communicated through the Virtual Campus in sufficient advance in what specific activities will consist each seminar and the necessary preparation by students.
The practical paper will consist of an applied research on a local public policy chosen by the students from among the proposals made by the lecturer. The work will be carried out in teams of 2 people, with the exceptions that can be considered for working or other kind of reasons duly justified.
On the days of oral presentations of papers, a round of questions will be made by the lecturer and the students. Finally, a debate will be opened on the set of topics addressed in the oral presentation.
During the course, individual and group tutorials will be carried out for the accomplishment of the practical paper and on the follow-up of the course in the hours that will be previously fixed through the electronic mail at the request of the students as well as by indication of the teacher.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Practical exercices in the classroom. | 19.5 | 0.78 | 2, 3, 5, 4, 12, 11, 7, 6, 14, 9, 10, 8, 1, 13 |
Theoretical lectures: explanations by the teacher with ICT support and debate in a large group. | 30 | 1.2 | 3, 12, 11, 7, 6, 14, 9, 10 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Tutorial: individual and group tutorials for support for the accomplishment of the work and monitoring of the work done in the subject. | 25 | 1 | 5, 4, 1, 15 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Elaboration of the course paper and the seminar papers. | 25 | 1 | 2, 3, 5, 4, 12, 11, 7, 6, 14, 9, 10, 8, 1, 15, 13 |
Study: Carrying out diagrams and summaries of theoretical contents. | 20 | 0.8 | 2, 3, 11, 7, 6, 14, 8, 15 |
Texts reading: individual exercice of comprehensive text reading. | 20 | 0.8 | 2, 3, 11, 7, 6, 14, 9, 10, 8, 15 |
The evaluation of this subject is composed of the following evaluation activities:
- Final exam: 30% of the final grade.
- Written seminars about readings and cases: 25% of the final grade.
- Oral participation in the seminars: 15% of the final grade.
- Course work: 30% of the final grade.
Important considerations
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Course paper | 30% of the final grade | 0.5 | 0.02 | 2, 3, 5, 4, 12, 11, 6, 14, 9, 10, 1, 15, 13 |
Final exam | 30% of the final grade | 4 | 0.16 | 2, 3, 12, 11, 7, 6, 14, 9, 10, 1 |
Oral participation in seminars | 15% of the final grade | 5.5 | 0.22 | 2, 3, 5, 4, 12, 11, 7, 6, 14, 8, 1, 15, 13 |
Seminar papers about readings and cases | 25% of the final grade | 0.5 | 0.02 | 2, 3, 5, 4, 12, 11, 7, 6, 14, 9, 8, 15 |
The subject does not have a reference bibliography that must be read compulsorily to follow the course. However, for the realization of the seminars, some texts will have to be read. These texts will be indicated by the lecturer during the course, well in advance so that students can work on them.
On the other hand, for those who want to expand their knowledge about theory and negotiation and mediation techniques, we propose the following publications:
Fisher, R. (1996). Más allá de Maquiavelo. Barcelona: Granica.
Fisher, R., Ury, W., Patton, B. (2011). Obtenga el Sí. El arte de negociar sin ceder,. Barcelona: Ediciones Gestión 2000.
Lebel, P. (1990). El arte de la negociación, Barcelona: CEAC.
Mendieta, C. (2010). Tècniques de negociació i resolució de conflictes. Manual de Consulta. Barcelona: Diputació de Barcelona. Disponible a https://www1.diba.cat/llibreria/pdf/51553.pdf
Moore, C. (1995). El Proceso de Mediación, Buenos Aires: Granica.