78027 Organisational Conflict Resolution

6cp
Requisite(s): 60 credit points of completed study in C04148 Master of Law and Legal Practice AND 79771 Dispute Resolution (PG)
These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses.
There are also course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.
Postgraduate
Subject coordinator: L Greentree

This subject studies the scholarship and skills required for the understanding and application of theories and concepts of a systems approach to the analysis of organisational conflict, the processes of diagnosis of and intervention in organisational conflicts, and the design of integrated organisational conflict management systems. It looks at conflict cultures in organisations including professional and commercial organisations, religious and nonprofit organisations and health services, aged care and palliative care systems. Areas considered include family systems theory of organisational conflict; bullying and other unethical behaviours, and building an ethical organisation; leadership successes and failures; working within a legislative framework for conflict resolution in organisational conflicts; and designing integrated conflict-management systems and protocols.

Assessment: Attendance and participation in the intensive block and seminar day (15 per cent), preparation of a book critique and leading a discussion of the book critique on the seminar day (25 per cent), and a paper (60 per cent)

Texts and references

Friedman, E H, Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue, Guildford, 1985

Gilbert, R M, Extraordinary Relationships: A New Way of Thinking about Human Interaction John Wiley and Sons, 1992

Fee information

2006 contribution for 2005/06 commencing Commonwealth-supported undergraduate students: $872.38
2006 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,220.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.125
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Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth supported places, and not all subjects are available to Commonwealth supported students. Other students (such as postgraduate students and international students) should refer to the Fees webpage.

Access conditions

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