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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – BERKELEY Haas School of Business MBA 211 Game Theory Spring 2010 Professor John Morgan morgan@haas.berkeley.edu 665 Faculty Building faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/rjmorgan 510.642.2669 Office hours: By appointment Tuesday and Thursday 9:30 -11:00 AM C220 Course Objectives This course is a survey of the main ideas and techniques of game-theoretic analysis related to bargaining, conflict, and negotiation. As such, the course emphasizes the identification and analysis of archetypal strategic situations frequently occurring in bargaining situations. The goals of the course to provide students with a foundation to: Apply game-theoretic analysis, both formally and intuitively, to negotiation and bargaining situations. Recognize and assess archetypal strategic situations in complicated negotiation settings. Feel comfortable in the process of negotiation. The course has a strong experiential component. Students will repeatedly participate in a variety of strategic situations thereby developing the ability to translate their analyses into practice. Course Requirements Regular attendance in class If you cannot attend for any reason, I ask that you contact me to let me know. Participation Much of the learning in the class comes from your active contribution, so reading and thinking before class and actively conversing during class are key ingredients to a successful learning experience. In order to be prepared to participate effectively, you should read carefully the in-class exercises prior to coming to class. Reading should be active: as you read, think about your strategy, what assumptions you are making in deciding on this strategy. Also try to think about how others in the class might develop their strategies. You should be prepared to defend your actions in the class using logic, evidence, and calculation. Problem sets To help you to gain ease in applying the tools of game theoretic analysis to the situations you will p