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Objective
A working definition of a conflict problem is proposed based on the works of Mitchell (1981), Klandermans (1997), Bartos (2002), and McAdam et al., (2001):
“A situation involving two or more people or organisations making claims on each other in which there are mutually incompatible goals and/or grievances. Resulting in conflict behaviour by at least one party aimed at the opposing party with the intention of making that opponent abandon or modify its goals or to express their hostility.”
This situation will be faced by most people and organisations, and being aware of the constituent elements of analysis will develop essential communication and conflict management and resolution skills.
Organisation
Click on the links in the drop-down menu at the top of this page to access the Readings in each Theme.
The Tasks and Answer key/Pointers/Sources are in Theme H in the drop-down menu at the top of this page.
Unit 1. DIE=BIC=C
Expectations
Unit 2. Evolution
Dynamic Conflict Problems - Cartels
Unit 3. Identification
The Real Problem Scenario - Sámi
Unit 4. Classification
Putting Into Boxes - Finnish Violence
Unit 5. Dissection
Finnish Energy Not So Green - Neste + VAPO
Unit 6. Resolution
Intrusion or Invasion - Child Protection
Think About:
“I am at peace with God. My conflict is with man” – Charlie Chaplin
“Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas” – Donatella Versace
“Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights” – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
“Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a non-existent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasive friction of conflict” – Saul Alinsky
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