Negotiating at an Uneven Table: A Practical Approach to Working with Difference and Diversity - Softcover

Kritek, Phyllis Beck

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0787902543 ISBN 13: 9780787902544

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 1996

Synopsis

This inspiring book explores negotiation in situations where unacknowledged inequities may unfairly influence the outcome. Ten methods of dealing with inequalities and diversities open the mind and balance the process.

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About the Author

PHYLLIS BECK KRITEK conducts conflict resolution, leadership, and gender and communication workshops and training programs. She is professor of nursing, chair of the Department of Mental Health Nursing and Management, and director of doctoral program development at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston School of Nursing.

From the Back Cover

Negotiating at an Uneven Table explores the process of resolving conflicts in situations where unacknowledged inequity influences disputes and their outcomes. To help open minds and discourage manipulation, the author outlines ten "ways of being" to constructively address inequalities and diversity. This inspiring book offers alternatives to traditional approaches to dealing with inequities and provides tools for reframing the negotiating process.

From the Inside Flap

In Negotiating at an Uneven Table, Phyllis Beck Kritek explores the process of attempting to resolve conflicts in situations where unacknowledged inequity has an effect on problems and their outcomes. The author draws on her nursing background—from inexperienced student to accomplished dean of nursing—to offer an insightful book interwoven with original poetry, poignant stories, thought-provoking exercises, illustrative parables, and practical recommendations for solving problems and negotiating conflicts with fair and ethical outcomes. To help open minds and balance the negotiation process Kritek outlines ten methods of dealing with inequalities and diversity including committing to personal authenticity, supporting truth telling, and initiating innovative practices. This inspiring book challenges traditional approaches to dealing with inequities at the negotiation table and offers a alternatives for reframing the process. Written with particular emphasis on the nursing profession the book will be a valuable resource for conflict negotiators, mediators, managers, therapists, social workers, and medical practitioners.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0787902543
• ISBN 13: 9780787902544
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368