mediation process

The following items are tagged mediation process.

Mediating Disputes

Posted by & filed under Harvard Negotiation Institute, Harvard Negotiation Institute (5 Day Courses).

October 14-18, 2013
Registration has closed for the Fall 2013 Mediating Disputes course. To be added to our wait list, please email hni@law.harvard.edu.
The Mediating Disputes workshop will provide you with core mediation skills training and hands-on experience as a mediator in a variety of simulations. The course examines the mediation process through the lens of both caucus and non-caucus models of practice, and considers the role of law, as well as interest-based bargaining, in shaping mediated settlements. In addition, the course addresses legal and ethical issues in mediation, and the psychological dimensions of the mediation process. The course faculty are leading practitioners in the world of mediation as well as thought leaders in the field of dispute resolution.

Want the Best Possible Deal? Cultivate a Cooperative Reputation – Collaboration and Value Creation

Posted by & filed under Conflict Management.

In negotiation, different types of reputations serve different purposes. When you’re haggling over just one issue, such as the price of a used car or a computer installation, one party’s win is typically the other’s party’s loss. In such distributive negotiations, where each party is trying to claim the biggest piece of a fixed pie, having a reputation as a tough bargainer can be an effective means of undermining a competitor’s confidence and power.

Negotiating Systems

Posted by & filed under Negotiation Skills.

While most negotiation research aims to sharpen individual managers’ skills, there is growing scholarly and professional interest in an organizational approach to negotiation.A systemic perspective evaluates the training, authority, procedures, and resources that manager need to improve their companies’ “return on negotiation,” as consultant Danny Ertel puts it. Looking at negotiations broadly reveals important design questions.

Navigating the Mediation Process

Posted by & filed under Mediation, Negotiation Skills.

Negotiations have reached an impasse, but both sides agree on one thing: you need help resolving the dispute. You engage a neutral mediator to do just that. Rather than acting as a judge who decides who “wins” or “loses,” a third-party mediator assists parties in reaching an agreement.
Negotiators often feel unprepared for mediation. The very

How Lawyers Affect Mediation

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How does the presence of lawyers affect the process of mediation? You might guess that when one or both sides bring an attorney to a mediation, the process would become more contentious and adversarial, with impasse more likely, than if the parties worked solely with a mediator.

That conventional wisdom is contradicted by new research by

When peace breaks out

Posted by & filed under Conflict Resolution, Daily.

Adapted from “Framing a Negotiation to Foster Cooperation,” first published in the Negotiation newsletter.

Sometimes in negotiation, against all apparent odds, peace breaks out. Union leaders and management reach a last-minute agreement that averts a work stoppage. Litigants settle their differences as they mount the courthouse steps. Everyone breathes a sigh of relief and moves on.

But

National Institutes of Health Office of the Ombudsman

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National Institutes of Health Office of the Ombudsman

Center for Cooperative Resolution
Building 31, Room 2B63
31 Center Drive, MSC 2087
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-2087
Tel: (301) 594-7231
Fax: (301) 594-7948

http://ombudsman.nih.gov

Contacts:
Howard Gadlin
301-594-6916
gadlinh@od.nih.gov

Kevin Jessar
301-594-7231
jessark@od.nih.gov

The NIH, a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research. Helping to lead the way

What happens during mediation?

Posted by & filed under Daily, Mediation.

Adapted from “Make the Most of Mediation,” first published in the Negotiation newsletter.

As compared with other forms of dispute resolution, mediation can have an informal, improvisational feel. Mediation can include some or all of the following six steps, writes Kimberlee K. Kovach in The Handbook of Dispute Resolution (Jossey-Bass, 2005):
1. Planning. Before mediation begins,

Mediation in the Workplace

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Mediation in the Workplace (MMG 758)
CAMBRIDGE COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

SUMMER

Instructor:
Moshe Cohen
800-877-4723 X0163

Workplace mediation supplements or replaces institutional conflict resolution processes in order to increase job satisfaction, boost productivity, reduce employee turnover and decrease the chance of legal action. The course is designed to give the students the theory and skills necessary to begin to

Dialogue and Mediation Skills

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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