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Managing conflict :

Walton, Richard E.

Managing conflict : interpersonal dialogue and third-party roles / Richard E. Walton. - 2nd ed. - Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., c1987. - xi, 160 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. - The Addison-Wesley series on organization development .

Includes bibliographies.

Interpersonal Conflict in Organizations --
The Dialogue Approach --
Trends in Organization and the Management of Differences --
Interpersonal Aspects of Intersystem Conflict --
Relation of Dialogue to Other Approaches to Conflict Management --
Comment on the Organizational Case Histories --
Plan of the Book --
Bill-Lloyd: Negotiating a Relationship --
Background --
Starting the Meeting --
Postconfrontation Reactions and Developments --
Mack-Sy: Confronting a Deeply Felt Conflict --
Background --
Discussion with Mack --
Discussion with Sy --
Meeting After Work: Trying to Get the Issues Joined --
Staff Meeting: Sy's Outburst --
Rest, Recuperation, and Repair --
Touching Bases Before Departure --
Further Developments --
Reconciliation --
Outcome --
Fred-Charles: Searching for an Accommodation --
Background --
Confrontation: Differentiation Phase --
Continuing the Dialogue for New Insights --
Analyzing the Ongoing Process --
Outcomes from the Confrontation --
Diagnostic Model of Interpersonal Conflict --
Cyclical and Dynamic Characteristics --
Substantive and Emotional Issues --
Triggering Events --
Conflict Tactics and Resolution Behaviors --
Proliferation Tendencies --
How to Manage Conflict --
Strategic Ingredients Supporting Productive Dialogue --
Interpersonal Dialogue --
Ensuring Mutual Motivation --
Achieving Balance in Situational Power --
Synchronizing Confrontation Efforts --
Managing the Differentiation and Integration Phases --
Promoting Openness --
Enhancing Communication --
Maintaining a Productive Level of Tension. TOC



0201088592 (pbk.) : 9780201088595

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Conflict management.

HD42 / .W35 1987

658.4053 / WAM 1987