Getting Disputes Resolved: Designing Systems to Cut the Costs of Conflict (Jossey-bass Management Series) - Hardcover

Ury, William L.; Brett, Jeanne M.; Goldberg, Stephen B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1555421253 ISBN 13: 9781555421250

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 1988

Synopsis

Build Conflict Control Into Your Organization

Renowned mediator William Ury offers tested guidelines for designing a dispute resolution system to handle conflicts effectively on an ongoing basis. He explains how to diagnose and correct problems in an existing system or create and implement a new system where one does not exist. His four-phase process includes specific advice on involving adverse parties in diagnosing current problems, designing the system, and overcoming opposition to change. The result is a win-win formula for putting a system in place that contains the costs associated with conflict by addressing them as they arise.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The renowned mediator William Ury and his coauthors offer tested guidelines for designing a dispute resolution system to handle conflicts effectively on an ongoing basis. They explain how to diagnose and correct problems in an existing system as well as create and implement a new system where one does not exist. This four-phase process for working with disputants includes specific advice on involving the parties in diagnosing current problems, designing the system, and overcoming opposition to change.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 1555421253
• ISBN 13: 9781555421250
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 232