...online mediation, the capability of online mediation to meet these needs, some common misconceptions accepted in the *29 legal-mediation community, the technological infrastructure on which online mediation takes place, and identifies some of the associated real world legal issues raised by technology. Part II discusses differences between physical presence face-to-face mediation and online virtual mediation, examines a sample of the many scientific studies of computer- mediated communication, and postulates how these studies should inform views on whether and when online mediation is feasible. Part III describes some existing online mediation programs as models of what might be and describes various software programs to facilitate the mediation process. Since no article on mediation would be complete without a simulation, part IV applies this Article's lessons to a paradigmatic hypothetical. Finally, the Article concludes by taking the position that although online mediation is still in its infant stages, it has the potential to provide new and creative methods to facilitate the resolution of the entire gamut of disputes from the easily resolved to those that are intractable. If online mediation is to be efficacious at resolving disputes, future efforts at online mediation must be informed by both the experiences of the mediator and the existing research in computer-mediated communications. I. PRIMER ON ONLINE MEDIATION At a minimum, online mediation is feasible...
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...Running head: PROBLEM SOLUTION: GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS Problem Solution: Global Communications Karen Smith University of Phoenix Online February 21, 2011 Matthew McCallister The telecommunications industry has experienced economic pressures that has produced diminishing returns for stockholders and decreased value in stock shares the past three years. Global Communications has been no exception. The senior team gained approval from the board to partnership and globalize the corporation to reduce cost and increase profitability. Although this strategic plan has been approved, resistance from the Technologies Workers Union has set the stage against outsourcing jobs that will cause workers to lose their employment positions. Ethical Dilemmas provide some of the most challenging decisions for a company to address. The response to these dilemmas should only be made after careful group decision-making techniques are in place. In the Global Communications scenario, the company specializes in the telecommunications industry and had to make tough choices on ethical issues and changes within the company. This scenario provided an example for the class to investigate similar ethical dilemmas within companies in the United States. This research is then used to synthesize the key discoveries and results of comparing and contrasting the practices of each company related to key course concepts. Key course concepts include response...
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...Running head: PROBLEM SOLUTION: GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS Problem Solution: Global Communications john smith University of Phoenix Online February 21, 2009 The telecommunications industry has experienced economic pressures that has produced diminishing returns for stockholders and decreased value in stock shares the past three years. Global Communications has been no exception. The senior team gained approval from the board to partnership and globalize the corporation to reduce cost and increase profitability. Although this strategic plan has been approved, resistance from the Technologies Workers Union has set the stage against outsourcing jobs that will cause workers to lose their employment positions. Ethical Dilemmas provide some of the most challenging decisions for a company to address. The response to these dilemmas should only be made after careful group decision-making techniques are in place. In the Global Communications scenario, the company specializes in the telecommunications industry and had to make tough choices on ethical issues and changes within the company. This scenario provided an example for the class to investigate similar ethical dilemmas within companies in the United States. This research is then used to synthesize the key discoveries and results of comparing and contrasting the practices of each company related to key course concepts. Key course concepts include...
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...León Rubio PRIVATE UNIVERSITY ANTENOR ORREGO FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION SCIENCES NOVEMBER, 2013 INTRODUCTION This paper aims to describe and analyze the main theoretical currents of communication in Latin America from two main aspects: first, the current state of research and production on the subject exists in some Latin American countries and on the other, the sense that scores from the beginning of the last decade, the curriculum reform in schools of communication in Latin America and, consequently, in the definition of the subject matter of the communication. Since the nineties, academic and research application of the theory of communication in Latin America has experienced a renewal, healthy and necessary overcoming change. This change starts mainly from overcoming the tendency to ascribe the declining communication studies to a single discipline and go creating a growing awareness of their status and disciplinary forms revolutionize approaches to the analysis and production, dissemination and reception the message. These changes, in fact, the main underlying theoretical and communication research in Latin America current. ANTONIO PASQUALI Arnaldo Antonio Pasquali Greco, born in Rovato, Italy; on June 20, 1929, is a Venezuelan social communicator. He is considered one of the introducers of thought in Latin America Communication underlying theoretical sources of the Frankfurt School. To Pasquali...
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...feels that the M-Core expansion provides a great opportunity to do just that. Describe the Situation Issue and Opportunity Identification M-Core is having troubles resolving the conflict with the landowners that are holding out. This is having a significant impact on the progress of the expansion process. Amidst all of the negotiations and the surrounding tensions, M-Core has many opportunities at hand as well. First, M-Core can build community relations through successful resolution of this conflict, provided that they can find a peaceful solution acceptable to all. According to Dana (2001), “Despite my quibbles with their approach, I credit Bush and Folger for challenging the widely held assumption among mediators that mediation in the workplace is, at its core, a problem- solving process and for placing the emphasis on building...
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...to court to resolve a dispute in China: negotiation, mediation and arbitration, they are ADR. ADR means “Alternative Dispute Resolution” and it refers to various processes, commonly used in civil law tradition, which have in common the aim of a better communication between the parties during a dispute and the saving in managerial and legal time, expense and worry (Bevan, 1992). We can clearly distinguish the advantages of the ADR, comparing to the formal dispute settlement at court. ADR processes are quicker, as they can be arranged within days or weeks rather than months or years (example of one case in litigation). They are also less expensive, as earlier settlements save managerial time and they are confidential. They are voluntary, which means that the parties are free to walk out every time without interfering the legal procedures and their rights (Bevan, 1992). Mediation, one of the most used ADR, involves a neutral third party, called a mediator, to help the disputing parties to reach an agreement. Mediation in China has been existed in China for more than 2,000 years. It was used in the Western Zhou Dynasty (1146 BC-771 BC) and then used during the Qin Dynasty (221 BC-207 BC). There was always a preference for mediation throughout all the history of Imperial China. The mediation system and the legal system were developed together after the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949. People's Mediation Committees appeared during this period, helping local...
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...Running head: NONEMPLOYMENT CONFLICT MANAGEMENT Nonemployment Conflict Management University of Phoenix Nonemployment Conflict Management Policy decisions whether made in public or private setting require a careful analysis of including the possible outcome from implementation to stakeholders. No better example to the impact of policy decisions and the stakes it holds that in the United States political forum. Legislative decisions that impact the public are known to split the two aisles of the political spectrum; democrats and republicans. It has been argued that although the public may appear to be the major stakeholder behind the scenes the actual stakeholders are the big corporations. These corporations are known to lobby through vigorous negotiations on major policies by using their relationships, experiences and valuable insights of how “things” work in Washington. In the case of the Wamayo River Basin, the decision to preserve the salmon population conflicts with the economic development interests for hydropower, timber industry and agricultural development proponents. Indeed, the decision formulated is like walking a tight rope as it will create conflict given its impact on multiple stakeholders. Wamayo Dam, the company contracted to build additional dams along the basin has to identify the non-organizational conflicts that may exist given the multitude of stakeholders. For Wamayo, developing an astute conflict management will ensure...
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...Performance Reviews via Social Networks LaTavia Willis Dr. Sherbert HRM 500 May 15, 2012 Abstract In this assignment I will be expressing my views on the reference of social networking and how it applies to the daily supplement of assessing performance and the development of employees. This assignment will describe my response in regards to “If you have regular conversations with people, and they know where they stand, then the performance evaluation is maybe unnecessary.” My views whether I agree or disagree with what the statement presents. I will also be comparing and contrasting the effectiveness of the social network performance review to the following age groups: veterans, baby boomers, generation X and Y. “The biggest payoff of these social network style tools may prove to be better performance by the boss.” To state whether or not this statement justifies the time and cost of implementing these systems and provide a rationale. Finally the discussion in this assignment consist of O’Toole statement: “It has been said that Americans are increasingly overworked.” Whether social network type evaluations aid or hinder the overworked American. This assignment will fully explain all views that need to be answered. Introduction: I agree with the statement, “If you have regular conversations with people, and they know where they stand, then the performance evaluation is maybe unnecessary.” In this assignment my views will be proven. I will also be comparing and...
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...psychologists should mandate peer mediation programs for all students. According to Kathleen Winkler, bullying is defined as “Any kind of ongoing physical or verbal mistreatment, done with the intent to harm, where there is an imbalance of power between bully and victim. It usually, but not always, means a bigger, older child picking on a smaller or weaker one, or a more popular child on a less popular one,” (Winkler 15). The word ongoing is crucial to its definition because the victim is often bullied nonstop. In the book, Invitation to the Life Span, the author Kathleen Strassen Berger explains, “Almost everyone experiences an isolated attack or what is called a derogatory name at some point in middle childhood. Victims of bullying, however, endure shameful experiences again and again- being forced almost daily to hand over lunch money, laugh at insults, drink milk mixed with detergent, and so on- with no one defending them,” (Berger 306). There are several different types of bullying, physical bullying, verbal bullying, and cyberbullying; these are most common in schools. Bullies who take the physical approach often times cause bodily harm to their victims, where the bully has a bigger advantage against his/her victim. Those who are verbally bullying others use demeaning words to belittle their victim’s, leading to mental bullying. Verbal bullying is common amongst students in elementary school. Cyberbullying often occurs through technology, where victims deal with electronic...
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...INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION 5.9 Electronic Arbitration ii Dispute Settlement NOTE The Course on Dispute Settlement in International Trade, Investment and Intellectual Property consists of forty modules. This module has been prepared by Mr. O. Cachard at the request of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The views and opinions expressed in this module are those of the author and not necessarily those of the United Nations, WTO, WIPO, ICSID, UNCITRAL or the Advisory Centre on WTO Law. The designations employed and the presentation of the material do not imply an expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or areas or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. In quotations from the official documents and the jurisprudence of international organizations and tribunals countries are designated as reported. The United Nations holds copyright to this document. The course is also available in electronic format on the UNCTAD website (www.unctad.org). Copies may be downloaded free of charge on the understanding that they will be used for teaching or study and not for a commercial purpose. Appropriate acknowledgement of the source is requested. UNCTAD/EDM/Misc.232/Add.20 Copyright © United Nations, 2003 All rights reserved 5.9 Electronic Arbitration iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Note What you will learn 1...
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...scheme was introduced. This scheme describes, as a kind of generic construct, how two actors come to an agreement about what is to be done. There is someone who asks for the work and someone to perform the work. There are several approaches to business modeling following the cfa scheme. The two most famous approaches seem to be Action Workflow [9] and DEMO [1]; see the article by Dietz in this section for more on the DEMO methodology. The general idea is to get a business model of how people, through conversation, coordinate their work. Such a business model, focusing on coordination, should be seen as foundational for the development of supporting software. The LAP spirit is to consider software as a tool for coordination. COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM May 2006/Vol. 49, No. 5 53 Action Workflow and DEMO are general business imply. BAT is a generic model for describing busimodeling methods based on LAP. They can be used ness interaction between a customer and supplier for modeling coordination within one organization (see Figure 2). It describes business interaction in (intraorganizational coordination) and can also be terms of four phases of a business transaction: proused for modeling coordination between several orga- posal phase, commitment phase, fulfillment phase, nizations (interorganizational coordination). The and assessment phase. In each phase there may be models describe two general roles; a customer (who exchanges. In the proposal phase there may be ...
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...Problem Solution: M-Core M-Core is an organization that expands and multiplies processor chips for computers. M-Core delights itself on its innovative technology and is trying to merge more than four processors on one chip. “If successful the processors will provide 10 times the processing power of current high-speed processors that are available on the market, while at the same time eating up less energy.” (University of Phoenix, n.d.) With the purpose of assist M-Core in the fabrication of the innovative processor chips Silatel has bought a research building in New Oxford a small town in New England, to use as a fabricating plant. New Oxford population is mostly hardworking, calm people who are very proud of their residences and area. A lot of of the people of New Oxford receive the new fabricating plant, as a new way to raise income for the town and generate employment. M-Core is trying to construct the new plant by buying the homes of the people who presently reside in the terrain for a cost higher than what the homes are valuable. The majority of the people have been content to get the corporation up on its offer but three residents have been indisposed to move and put up for sale their houses. M-Core has requested the mayor to assist convince the people to put up for sale their terrain. This paper will study the difficulty facing M-Core and several of the potential solutions to the dilemma. In the end I will suggest a solution for M-Core to employ to resolve the conflict...
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...June 7, 2012 Jason H. Rodarte Skills Assessment Paper and Matrix Table A skills assessment was performed on the newly formed consulting team. Team C members consist of Marzieh Cassidy, Rhonda O’Brien, Laura Gilge and Carina Torres. Team members worked together in indentifying their respective skills and developed a matrix table to understand the team strengths and weaknesses. To perform as a high performance team it was established strong core values will help guide attitudes and behaviors in improving the performance of team goals. In performing the skills assessment a diverse mix of skills were identified from creative thinking, communication and business management skills. The teams’ diversity of work experience provides individual perspective and knowledge in human resources management, accounting and information technology in non-profit, public and private industries. To perform harmoniously the group recognized the diversity of culture, ethnicity and social environment of this newly created high performance team. The skills assessment table categorized different skill sets in displaying a pictorial chart for ease of understanding. The team included a work, and volunteer experience summary to attach a relationship of how the skills were obtained. Team C has a variety of skills, education, and experience. Many options exist for the group to specialize in. The group has narrowed its focus to three consulting team types based on the majority of abilities possessed...
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...Running head: PROBLEM SOLUTION: M-CORE Problem Solution: M-Core Turkessa Amoah University of Phoenix Problem Solution: M-Core M-Core is a subsidiary of Silatel Corporation. M-Core is a company that develops and multi-core processing chips for computers. M-Core prides itself on its revolutionary technology and is attempting to combine four or more processors on a single chip. “If successful the processors will provide 10 times the processing power of current high-speed processors that are available on the market, while at the same time eating up less energy.” (University of Phoenix, n.d.) In order to facilitate M-Core in the production of the new processor chips Silatel has purchased a research facility in New Oxford to use as a manufacturing plant. New Oxford is a small New England Town. The people of New Oxford are mainly hardworking, laid back people who are very proud of their homes and neighborhood. Many of the residents of New Oxford welcome the new facility, as a way to increase revenue for the area and create much needed new jobs. M-Core is attempting to build the new facility by purchasing the homes of the residents who currently occupy the land for a price above what the homes are worth. Most of the residents have been happy to take the company up on its offer but three residents have been unwilling to relocate and sell their homes. M-Core has asked the local politicians, including the mayor to help persuade the residents to sell their land. This paper will...
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...INTRODUCTION Section 1 - The importance of working as a team and a discussion on how conflict can be resolved within teams by Ian Burks Section 2 - An exploration of different methods of dealing with conflict within an organisation Section 3 - An evaluation of different methods of dealing with personal and work based stress Section 4 - An evaluation of how well the group worked together and the technology used to enable this The group considered various approaches to this assignment and discussed a number of options before deciding to focus on the movement as their case study organisation. Associations, although autonomous and independent are all affiliated to the National Councils of YMCAs and do share a common mission and similar culture. By using the generic movement each of the students can draw on extensive and varied experience from their own settings. SECTION 1 The importance of working as a team and a discussion on how conflict can be resolved within teams The term ‘team’ is commonly used to describe many different groups both in a work setting and within wider society. Harvey Robbins and Michael Finley define a team simply ‘as people doing something together’ and Rob Yeung says a team is a ‘group of people with shared goal’. An element of inter dependency is also required before a group becomes a team and a more organisationally orientated statement from Rover Cars defines teams as 'a number of people with complementary skills who are committed...
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