Complaint management and conflict management

Free of cost

by funding

In this course, you will acquire knowledge about professional communication in complaint situations with customers on the one hand and knowledge about how to react in a targeted manner in conflict-laden situations with employees on the other, and you will be able to use different types of communication depending on the situation.
  • Certificates: Complaint management" certificate
    Certificate "Conflict management for managers"
  • Examination: Practical project work with final presentations
  • Teaching Times: Full-time
    Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
  • Language of Instruction: German
  • Duration: 2 Weeks

Complaints management

Introduction to complaint management (approx. 1 day)

Complaints as opportunities for the company

Causes and types of complaints

Understanding customer behavior

Complaint management systems


Psychology of the complaint (approx. 1 day)

Iceberg theory

Relationship levels

Needs pyramid according to Maslow


Reaction to complaints (approx. 0.5 days)

Interpreting complaints and wishes

Tone and voice pitch

Key factors


Processing of complaints (approx. 1 day)

Basic rules for complaints

Processing written complaints

Procedure of a complaint discussion


De-escalation strategies (approx. 0.5 days)


Project work (approx. 1 day)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results

Conflict management for managers

Communication (approx. 2 days)

Communication models and tools

Conflict discussions as a management tool


Conflicts (approx. 2 days)

Harvard model of conflict resolution

Conflict management

Non-violent communication


Project work (approx. 1 day)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results



Changes are possible. The course content is updated regularly.

After the course, you will be able to handle complaints and thus optimize customer satisfaction and improve customer loyalty to your company. You will be able to design complaint management systems and know that the focus here is on increasing customer orientation.

You also have all the necessary skills and abilities to react skillfully and purposefully in conflict-laden situations and to respond to employees. You can use different types of communication depending on the situation.

The course is aimed at managers, department heads with personnel responsibility and company managers who want to learn how to act in difficult situations and be shown communication and intervention techniques.

Complaint management is used in companies of all sizes and industries. You can apply your newly acquired knowledge in direct customer contact and customer service.

Knowledge of conflict management will also open up career opportunities for you in team management and other management positions.

Your meaningful certificate provides a detailed insight into the qualifications you have acquired and improves your career prospects.

Didactic concept

Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).

You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.

 

Virtual classroom alfaview®

Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.

 

The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).

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We will gladly advise you free of charge. 0800 3456-500 Mon. - Fri. from 8 am to 5 pm free of charge from all German networks.