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Lally students in Professor Tim Golden’s Negotiations course experienced a lively enactment of cross cultural negotiations as two students, Atif Majeed MBA ’10 (from Pakistan) and Sreekanth Venkataraman MBA ‘10 (from India), dressed in traditional clothing from their home countries and engaged in a negotiation over the India-Pakistan conflict.

Professor Golden observed, “As future managers, MBA students need not only analytical skills, but also a variety of negotiation skills in order to effectively implement solutions to pressing business needs.” This new negotiations course is designed to help MBA students develop basic expertise in managing negotiations that occur in a broad array of business settings.

For this discussion on cross-cultural negotiation, the evening began with a brief history of the India-Pakistan conflict, and then each side in the international dispute presented their position on several of the main issues that have spanned the sixty plus year conflict. The two parties then negotiated over these issues, with the class acting as mediators in the international negotiation. Professor Golden used the discussion to highlight key concepts in cross-cultural negotiations.

The evening concluded with the class enjoying “Gulab Jamun,” a traditional dessert made with cheese, cream, sugar syrup, cardamom and rosewater. This sweet dessert is extremely popular throughout the Indian subcontinent.

About the Lally School of Management & Technology

The Lally School of Management & Technology was founded in 1963 as an integral part of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, America’s oldest technological university. Building on Rensselaer's world-class facilities and leadership in science and engineering, Lally is dedicated to advancing business through innovation. Lally offers graduate, doctoral and undergraduate degree programs in management, a full time One Year MBA and an executive MBA program. Lally’s programs focus on the strategic management of technology and creating value through innovation and entrepreneurship. Located in New York’s Tech Valley, Lally offers a growing portfolio of collaborative programs with enterprises and academic institutions in the Indian sub-continent, China, Europe, and the Middle East. For further information on the Lally School please visit: http://www.lallyschool.rpi.edu/