Seminar on Conflict and Dispute Resolution

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Conflict and its management in organizations has received a great deal of scholarly attention within a number of disciplinary domains including industrial relations, law, organizational behavior, sociology and economics. Interestingly, insights from this research are rarely integrated across disciplinary boundaries. In an effort to synthesize and integrate scholarly insights and findings this course will examine the interdisciplinary research on conflict and conflict management. As such readings for the course will be drawn from a range of fields and perspectives, including industrial relations, human resources, organizational behavior, psychology and sociology, reflecting the diverse approaches taken to the study of conflict and its management in organizations.