The Manager as Negotiator (MMG746)
CAMBRIDGE COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

FALL, SPRING, and SUMMER 2011/2012

Instructors:
Martha Belden
Joseph DeFazio
800-877-4723 X0163

Effective managers must be able to deal successfully with limitedresources, divergent interests of people, and organizational conflict.This course improves skills in negotiation and joint decision-making that students can apply immediately. Emphasis is on integrative bargaining and problem-solving. Students learn … Read More 

Seminar: Managing Ethnic Conflict (Pol 127b)
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY PEACE, CONFLICT, and COEXISTENCE STUDIES

FALL 2012

Instructor:
Steven L. Burg
781-736-2755

A comparative study of the sources and character of interethnic conflict, with emphasis on the processes by which groups become politicized, and the stragies and techniques for managing conflict in a democratic systems. (Monday and Wednesday 5:00 p.m.-6:20 p.m.) … Read More 

International Mediation and Dialogue Skills
BRANDEIS PROGRAM IN CONFLICT AND COEXISTENCE

NOT OFFERED FALL 2012

Instructor:
Theodore Johnson
International Center for Ethnics
781-736-8577

Open only to students enrolled in the MA program in coexistence and conflict. Other students considered with permission of the instructor. May not be taken for credit by students who took COEX 240a in prior years.

Addresses the theoretical and … Read More 

Dialogue and Mediation Skills
BRANDEIS PROGRAM IN CONFLICT AND COEXISTENCE

NOT OFFERED FALL 2012

Instructor:
Theodore Johnson
International Center for Ethnics
781-736-8577

Addresses the theoretical and practical approaches to mediation and facilitation skills for people and organizations working in areas of intercommunal conflict. Usually offered every year. Open only to students enrolled in the MA Program in Coexistence and Conflict. Other … Read More 

The Future of Diversity Work
BRANDEIS PROGRAM IN CONFLICT AND COEXISTENCE

NOT OFFERED FALL 2012

Instructor:
Theodore Johnson
International Center for Ethics
781-736-8577

What is diversity? What is race? What is racism? The course will examine these and many other timely topics along with the implications for these questions in a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, multi-religious world. The course is based on the assumption … Read More 

Advanced Development, Aid, and Coexistence (COEX 261F) (Half-course)
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY PEACE, CONFLICT, AND COEXISTENCE STUDIES

NOT OFFERED FALL 2012

Instructor:
Theodore Johnson
International Center for Ethnics
781-736-8577

This seminar builds on the concepts and theories offered in the basic course. Students will master the skills of conflict mapping, strategic intervention, and analysis using case studies of current and past conflicts where development … Read More 

Development, Aid, and Coexistence (COEX 260F) (Half-course)
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY PEACE, CONFLICT, AND COEXISTENCE STUDIES

NOT OFFERED FALL 2012

Instructor:
Theodore Johnson
International Center for Ethnics
781-736-8577

The purpose of this course is to increase the knowledge and skills of students undertaking development and aid work in conflict situations. It explores how such skills can address development needs, as well as the need … Read More 

Conflict and Development
BRANDEIS PROGRAM IN CONFLICT AND COEXISTENCE

NOT OFFERED FALL 2012

Instructor:
Theodore Johnson
International Center for Ethnics
781-736-8577

This course focuses on the intersection of the fields of conflict and development. Specifically, the course is designed to equip researchers and practitioners to work more effectively in conflict areas and dealing with the challenges of working “in” and/or “on” conflict. … Read More 

Coexistence Research Methods (half course) (COEX 230F)
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY PEACE, CONFLICT, AND COEXISTENCE STUDIES

NOT OFFERED FALL 2012

Instructor:
Theodore Johnson
International Center for Ethnics
781-736-8577

This course helps participants prepare for their Master’s Field Project, and is also useful for participants’ current and future career needs. It addresses the:

a) Establishment of objectives and parameters of the Master’s Field project;
b) Clarification of … Read More 

Strategies for Coexistence Interventions (COEX 220A)
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY PEACE, CONFLICT, AND COEXISTENCE STUDIES

NOT OFFERED FALL 2012

Instructor:
Mari Christine Fitzduff

This course is a study of the utilization of a variety of multi-faceted approaches to policy and practice in coexistence and conflict interventions as well as the strategic design and evaluation of such interventions. Open to non-Brandeis degree students … Read More