363-1049-00L  Contemporary Conflict Management

SemesterHerbstsemester 2018
DozierendeV. Butenko
Periodizitätjährlich wiederkehrende Veranstaltung
LehrspracheEnglisch
KommentarThe deadline for deregistering expires at the end of the second week of the semester. Students who are still registered after that date, but do not attend the exam, will officially fail the course.


KurzbeschreibungThe course provides students with theoretical and practical insights of the modern approaches to conflict management. The course covers conflicts in 3 areas: International, business and interpersonal relations. Students are introduced into tools and methods used to analyze conflicts illustrated by the real world current cases, old and new international/regional conflicts, business and mediation.
LernzielStudents will gain
- knowledge of history of conflict management;
- comprehension of major ideas in the theory and practice of conflict management, mediation, transformation and resolution;
- application of theoretical concepts to current conflict situations;
- evaluation of conflict situations in international relations and business.
InhaltThe following topics will be covered:
- history of international and regional conflicts;
- theoretical concepts of conflict management;
- models of arms races, conflict escalations, strategic behaviour;
- case studies in international conflicts, as well as in business.

Distinguished guest speakers will be invited.
Literatur- Jacob Bercovitch, Victor Kremenyuk, and I. William Zartman (editors) (2013): The SAGE Handbook of Conflict Resolution. SAGE, Los Angeles, LA
- Oliver Ramsbotham, Tom Woodhouse, and Hugh Miall (2012): Contemporary Conflict Resolution. Polity Press, Cambridge, UK
-Jacob Bercovitch and Richard Jackson (2012): Conflict Resolution in the Twenty-first Century: Principles, Methods, and Approaches. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, MI
- Peter Wallensteen (2012): Understanding Conflict Resolution. SAGE, London, UK
- Tricia Jones and Ross Brinkert (2007): Conflict Coaching: Conflict Management Strategies and Skills for the Individual. SAGE Publications, London, UK
- Susan S. Raines (2013): Conflict Management for Managers: Resolving Workplace, Client, and Policy Disputes (The Jossey-Bass Business & Management Series). Jossey-Bass, San-Francisco, CA
- William Ury (2015): Getting past no: Negotiating with difficult people. Random House, UK
- Philip D. Straffin (1993): Game theory and strategy. Mathematical Association of America, Washington, DC.