Master of Business Administration/Master of Science in Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (MBA/MS-NDR)
As the website for the Werner Institute for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution reminds us, parties in conflict are increasingly using professional negotiation and dispute resolution to settle their differences and realize gains from collaboration. A number of sources report that dispute resolution will be among the fastest-growing professions in the early decades of this century. As an academic discipline, dispute resolution reached and passed a tipping point some time in the last decades of the 20th Century: what was once a patchwork of techniques, social movements, and efforts at achieving greater efficiency in our approach to managing conflict, has become an interdisciplinary field in its own right, transformed from an "alternative" form of dispute resolution to the preferred approach.
Business, in particular, can benefit from the presence of individuals trained in negotiation and conflict resolution. Students who choose to combine an MBA degree with the MS-NDR achieve a deeper understanding of the business context in which negotiation and conflict resolution may take place. They also learn the specific vocabulary of business, and gain the technical knowledge needed to understand and interpret complex financial issues and documentation.
What does it take?
The MBA/MS-NDR degree can be achieved in 47 credit hours across the two programs. For information on admission and specific program requirements, download the document below.