| 1 |
Introduction to Democratic Decision-making in the Public Sector |
|
| 2 |
Challenging the Conventional Wisdom About Conflict Management and Dispute Resolution in the Public Sector |
Review assigned readings |
| 3 |
The Mutual Gains Approach to Negotiation |
Review assigned readings |
| 4 |
When and Whether to Use Hard Bargaining |
Game 1: Appleton vs. Baker |
| 5 |
An Introduction to Consensus Building in Theory and Practice |
Read draft of Breaking Robert's Rules |
| 6 |
Conflict Assessment: Analyzing Stakeholder Interests |
Review assigned readings |
| 7 |
Distributive vs. Integrative Bargaining (Creating Value) |
Game 2: Redstone
Journal 1 due |
| 8 |
Multi-party Negotiation |
Game 3: The Coalition Game |
| 9 |
Coalition Theory and Representation |
Game 4: Harborco |
| 10 |
Review Multi-party Negotiation Dynamics |
Debriefing of Game 4 |
| 11 |
Cooperative vs. Competitive Styles of Negotiation: The Role of Gender and Culture in Negotiation |
Review assigned readings
Journal 2 due |
| 12 |
Introduction to Facilitation |
Review assigned readings
Game 5: Dirty Stuff II |
| 13 |
Roles and Responsibilities of the Facilitator |
Debriefing of Game 5 |
| 14 |
Introduction to Mediation |
Review assigned readings
Journal 3 due |
| 15 |
The Roles and Responsibilities of the Mediator |
Game 6: To be announced |
| 16 |
The Roles and Responsibilities of the Mediator II |
Debriefing of Game 6
Review assigned readings |
| 17 |
Mediating in Unequal Power Situations |
Game 7: Westville and Debriefing
Journal 4 due |
| 18 |
Mediating Cross-culturally |
Game 8: River Bend |
| 19 |
Mediator Ethics |
Debrief of Game 8 |
| 20 |
Dispute Systems Design: State Offices of Mediation |
Journal 5 due |
| 21 |
Dispute Systems Design: National Consensus Council |
|
| 22 |
Guest Panel of Dispute Resolution Practitioners |
|
| 23 |
Value-based Public Disputes |
Game 9: To be announced |
| 24 |
Value-based Public Disputes (cont.) |
Review of assigned readings |
| 25 |
Final Exam |
|