OBUS 3140 - Introduction to Sales and Negotiations

OBUS 3140 · Spring semester 2025-2026

Language of tuition
English
Number of hours
12
Credits
2

Information

Description

Your ability to convince and negotiate are key skills that will shape your career. Designed for future entrepreneurs and business leaders, this interactive course will introduce you to essential sales and negotiation techniques. The first part of the course will focus on sales notions including go-to-market strategies, sales funnel and key metrics. In the second part of the course, you will learn to analyze the leverages at play during a negotiation, obtain critical information, increase the size of the pie, boost your credibility, spot a bluff… Each time, we will use concrete examples to bring these concepts to life (e.g. winning your first client, incentivizing a key employee, selling your business, dealing with an adversary).

Prerequisites

Level of study : Master. Level of English : B2.

Teaching format

6 sessions of 2h.

Assessment

Pass or fail.

Readings

Main readings 1

  1. Getting to Yes, Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In, Roger Fisher and William L. Ury

    Borrow

Further readings 5

  1. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Robert Cialdini

    Borrow

  2. Never Split the Difference, Chris Voss

    Borrow

  3. Smart Negotiating: Making Good Deals in the Real World,James C. Freund

    Read online

  4. Thinking Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman

    Borrow

  5. Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics and Everyday Life, A. Dixit and B. Nalebuff

    Borrow

Teaching units

Unit no.Unit type Teaching unitsTeachers Number of hoursCredits
56244Cours magistral Introduction to Sales and Negotiations Catherine MAITRIER122

Teachers

  • Catherine MAITRIER

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Contacts and resources

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