1 NATURAL RESOURCE CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND RESOLUTION What are natural resource conflicts and their consequences? „h Natural resource conflicts are disagreements and disputes over access to‚ and control and use of‚ natural resources. „h These conflicts often emerge because people have different uses for resources such as forests‚ water‚ pastures and land‚ or want to manage them in different ways. „h Disagreements also arise when these interests and needs are incompatible‚ or when the priorities
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Conflict Resolution in Jails and Prisons Conflict Resolution in Jails and Prisons As learned from the assigned readings diverse levels of negotiation techniques are instituted to resolve conflict. As a supervisor in a correctional setting‚ I am tasked with resolving conflict amongst staff‚ public‚ and inmates. In the jail and prison systems‚ conflict management tools are utilized for managing conflict between staff‚ as well as‚ inmates. In cases where inmate conflict cannot be resolved‚ the
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many of them are useful in explaining it but conflict theorists are the most useful. Conflict theorists emphasize that people within a society are constantly vying for limited resources. These competing groups are what keeps the society moving forward. Conflict theorists contend that stratification is a dysfunction of society and is harmful. Conflict theorists have several points to their theory that make it the most useful including the conflict between the two classes and their ideas on corporate
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Bailye Henderson Sociology 300 19 February 2013 Gasland and the Social Conflict Theory Gasland can be examined using the social conflict theory of socialism. There are three main theories of socialism: structural functional‚ social conflict‚ and symbolic interaction. The reason for social conflict being the best candidate for Gasland is because it shows how much power‚ wealth‚ and prestige the government can hold among the U.S. population. Josh Fox is the main character in the documentary
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Managing Conflict Successfully Interpersonal Communication Everyone has dealt some sort of conflict within a relationship. Whether you’ve experienced it with a significant other‚ family member‚ friends‚ or coworkers‚ it’s all conflict. Managing your conflict appropriately limits the negative aspects while increasing the positive aspects. John Gottman proposed that‚ “criticizing‚ showing contempt‚ becoming defensive‚ and engaging in stonewalling aren’t productive ways handling conflict.”[1] You
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Cynthia Claude Nkono Moanang 1009040 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND BUSINESS ETHICS ASSIGNMENT TOPIC: Principals (shareholders) – agent (managers) problem represents the conflict of interest between management and owners. For example‚ if shareholders cannot effectively monitor the managers’ behaviour‚ then managers may be tempted to use the firm’s assets for their own ends‚ all at the expenses of shareholders. Discuss the pros and cons of this statement with regard to duties of Board of Directors
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MANAGEMENT OF CONFLICT‚ CULTURE AND CHANGE By: Sir Wilson Marotse Mulei1 What exactly is culture? Unfortunately a fixed‚ universal understanding does not exist; there is little consensus within‚ let alone‚ across disciplines. Often “culture” is applied so broadly‚ merely as “social pattern‚” that it means very little. Highly specific‚ idiosyncratic definitions also abound where the term is used in various contexts in support of any agenda. When “culture” first appeared in the Oxford English Dictionary
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The Causes and Solutions to Ethnic Conflicts Scholars of International Security have been trying to develop a theoretical approach to explain the causes of ethnic conflict for a long time. These studies have led to contentious debates but have also probed so deeply that their findings help shed new light on these issues‚ providing better understanding and possible solutions. Ethnic groups are defined as a community of people who share cultural and linguistic characteristics including religion
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different theoretical perspectives. This paper will compare and contrast the functionalist and conflict perspectives. Both are on a macro level but are different theories with how the sociologists view the social problem of poverty. An examination of the two theories will show the differences of the functionalist theoretical perspective‚ which focuses primarily on the positive and some negative‚ and the conflict theoretical perspective‚ which focuses on the negative. (Leon-Guerrero‚ A ‚ 2013) The functionalist
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of war‚” with history showing this to be true. People have continued to engage in all manner of conflicts‚ be they petty arguments or large-scale confrontations from which valuable lessons have been learnt about human nature and the present. History has revealed the flaws and primitive nature of people irrespective of the mistaken belief that progress has led to civilisation and order. Past conflicts teach that individuals‚ communities and even nations do not learn from past mistakes but continue
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