Develop the skills to resolve customer issues and manage conflicts using structured frameworks and AI-supported analysis. In this course, you will diagnose service breakdowns, conduct root cause analysis using the 5-Whys method, and design sustainable resolution strategies. You will learn to aggregate complaint data, categorize recurring issues, facilitate multi-party conflict discussions, and implement script-based resolution workflows. AI tools will be used to identify patterns, evaluate resolution options, and improve response quality while maintaining professionalism and empathy. Through applied exercises and a project-based case study, you will practice documenting corrective actions and measuring impact reduction. By the end of this course, you will be able to transform customer complaints into improvement opportunities and support long-term service excellence.

Problem & Conflict Resolution

Problem & Conflict Resolution
This course is part of Microsoft Customer Service (with AI) Professional Certificate

Instructor: Microsoft
Access provided by National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”
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What you'll learn
Master complaint handling and conflict resolution techniques to improve customer satisfaction, service consistency, and long-term loyalty
Use AI tools, data insights, and proven frameworks to analyze issues, resolve conflicts, and drive continuous service improvement
Skills you'll gain
- Customer Service
- AI literacy
- Quality Improvement
- Service Recovery
- Discussion Facilitation
- Problem Solving
- Root Cause Analysis
- Service Improvement
- Customer experience improvement
- AI Enablement
- Customer Complaint Resolution
- Decision Intelligence
- Customer Success Management
- Customer Engagement
- Customer Insights
- Professionalism
- Customer Analysis
- Mediation
- Conflict Management
- Solution Design
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