Peace and conflict studies is defined as both a pedagogical activity‚ in which teachers transmit knowledge to students; and a research activity‚ in which researchers create new knowledge about the sources of conflict. Peace and conflict studies entails understanding the concept of peace which is defined as political condition that ensures justice and social stability through formal and informal institutions‚ practices‚ and norms. Johan Galtung‚ the principal founder of the discipline of peace and
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Resolving Conflict Webster University Group Development and Change HRDV 5560 Lori A. Moore September 11‚ 2013 Resolving Conflict As the team in the scenario is experiencing process conflict‚ there are two options for intervention that could alleviate the conflict. Team redesign is the first option‚ and conflict process coaching is the second. As the team is on a very strict deadline‚ which is rapidly approaching‚ conflict process coaching would be the most practical form of intervention
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appoint a professional manager run the company on the behalf of shareholders. However‚ the public corporation has a key weakness - namely‚ the conflicts of interest between managers and shareholders. The separation of the company’s ownership and control‚ which is especially prevalent where corporate ownership is highly diffused‚ gives rise to possible conflicts between shareholders and managers. In theory‚ shareholders elect the board of directors of the company‚ which in turn hires managers to run
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involved in deliberations that must lead to decisions‚ and the shades of information and viewpoints available to these parties‚ steps that lead to decisions must be clear on desired outcomes and accommodate different perspectives. Conflicts and the need to negotiate must arise sometimes become people are need-driven and see things from their own points of view - for good reason. For instance‚ in my experience‚ I have encountered several instances where HR‚ business units and IT seemed to be working at
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sociological perspective that I chose to write about is known as the conflict theory‚ which is a theory that was developed by Karl Marx in order to illustrate how the issue of having conflict and stress within society influence the rate of change among that society. The conflict theory is composed of three assumptions known as competition‚ structural inequality‚ and social change. Competition assumes that society is in a state of indefinite conflict due to competition for limited resources‚ such as money‚
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Intergroup Conflict | What is it and how do we fix it? | | Victoria Hull | 1/5/2013 | | Intergroup conflict is when members of a group have hostility towards one another. This can be seen in the cases of juvenile delinquents within a detention center who are also members of active gangs. They all have one thing in common – they are part of a group (the detention center) and are part of smaller groups (their individual gangs). These differences cause the intergroup conflicts. There
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The three war films‚ Alfonzo Cuarón’s Children of Men‚ James Ivory’s The Remains of the Day‚ and the documentary A Painful Reminder‚ all showed consequences of wartime and how it connected with and affected society. Between the three films‚ they were able to show that war can affect not only a smaller group of individuals‚ but a whole population. The film Children of Men‚ directed by Alfonzo Cuarón‚ was a futuristic film set in 2027. Although‚ as the movie progresses‚ it is not the typical futuristic
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In today ’s workforce communication and conflict resolution are paramount to a successful organization. As with any leadership trait‚ these skills must be developed and regularly practiced by leaders. There are many skills involved in both the communication process as well as with conflict resolution. According to Schermerhorn‚ the communication process is a simple process of sending and receiving messages with attached meaning (2005). The process is further defined by having three elements‚ those
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a play which contains many conflicts between the characters. The main conflicts in ‘Othello’ are between friends and foes. Othello’s inner conflict‚ cultural and racial differences which lead to racial judgement and discrimination‚ to express these conflicts; Shakespeare uses many techniques such as soliloquies‚ dramatic irony‚ imagery foreshadowing and symbolism. Amongst the main characters there are many conflicts‚ however the main reason for most of the conflict if Iago and Shakespeare use
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Conflict can have powerful implications for how we relate to others. This is seen with prejudice eventually developing towards a group of people or a culture. Prejudice has been seen aimed towards Aboriginals with names such as ‘petrol-sniffers’ and ‘doll-bludgers’. Today I will be presenting how the ways in which conflict is dealt with impacts upon how we relate to others. Conflict is an implication between two or more parties where opposing ideas and/or opinions are clashed. By dealing with
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