Alternative dispute resolution

2.4 Analysis of negotiation two (failure) This negotiation resulted in an agreement to keep the prices for two products stable and decrease the prices for the other two products. There are several reasons why the interviewee perceived this negotiation as a failure. First of all, he expected what he calls the lower boundary of his goal range to be achievable, but these expectations were not confirmed. This perception of the outcome is in line with expectancy disconfirmation theory which states…

Workplace conflicts are usually disputes that take place in the workplace and sometimes escalate outside of the workplace. This type of conflict can be caused due to many different types of reasons such as lack of communication, difference in personalities, bullying, harassment, difference in opinions, unfair treatment, unclear job roles, poor work environment, lack of equal opportunities, unresolved problems from the past, and an increase in workload just to name a few. According to Baack…

A conflict is a disagreement in which parties involved perceive a threat to their needs, interest or concerns. Most conflicts are caused by people having different beliefs. Different beliefs can mean people having different religious beliefs, ideology or philosophical beliefs. Different religious beliefs caused many of the conflicts that happened in the 21st century such as the Lebanese Civil War involving the Sunni, Shiite and Christian community in Lebanon (BBC, 2015). Ideology such as a group…

Different Conflicts in Different Stories As Donald Miller once said, “ Good stories must travel through conflict. And in epic stories, the conflict must become unbearable.” There are many stories around the world where the main idea has a conflict. Conflicts make stories very interesting, suspenseful, mysterious, and entertaining. Three stories which express conflicts extremely well but very differently are “The Purloined Letter”, “The Gift of the Magi” and “The Tell-Tale Heart.” These stories…

QUESTION 5: In the book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, one of the habits that Steven Covey outlines is “think win-win”, which is all about both/and thinking. In fact, Steven Covey uses the same “slice of pie” analogy as Firms of Endearment (p. 213) to contrast the scarcity mentality (either/or) with the abundance mentality (both/and). Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher and William Ury outlines a strategy for approaching negotiation that requires “inventing options for mutual gain”, or in…

Having to confront a belligerent beneficiary is an awful position for an executor. Unfortunately for executors, beneficiaries have rights to an estate that executors must respect. (Refer to the article Know your Beneficiaries to review beneficiary rights.) So, an executor must try to handle a belligerent beneficiary as described in the article How to Handle a Belligerent Beneficiary. Conversely, if all efforts fail to appease the belligerent beneficiary, the executor has to take action to move…

In the ‘process of conflict’, the dispute between the parties seems to have reached an ‘intervention’ phase, where the parties have already had discrepancies, and perhaps expressions of intense feeling such ‘frustration, anger or anxiety’, thus leading to a hostile and litigious break of business relationships. The interest of the college in the dispute seems to be financially orientated. The college is an incorporated company, hence it is understandable that any revenue from fees can be of…

While each person has a different idea of what the world around them looks like, each person uses perception to identify their specific world. Biases, psychological makeup, interests, and needs shape our perceptions and mold into who we are. Our perception determines our abilities for sympathy and empathy and is a subcategory of what makes us who we are. Without perception, we would not have sympathy or empathy, which would drastically hinder our relationships. Perception consists of selection,…

comparative legal study’. On a local and multinational platform, she represents both the private and public sectors, on matters such as: employment contracts, human resource policies and procedures, employee relations’ procedures, as well as dispute resolution. Six Reasons Why Disability Equity Programmes Fail So, why do workplace programmes aimed at including and mainstreaming of persons with disabilities fail, even when they were founded with the best intentions? Based on my in-the-field…

When being "wedded" to your own story and how it applies to me generally means that as an individual i am tied to whatever words i convey to others regardless if it is something that effects them on a positive or in a negative way; but the aim for personally is to leave a mark of story filled with positivity and hope that whatever conflicts they are dealing with me as a mediator and negotiator can help them resolve regardless of how conflicting they may seem to be. although, when it comes to…