Masters in Conflict Analysis - Overview
Understanding the dynamic and complex factors of modern conflict and fashioning effective and legitimate responses to the major armed conflicts active today is a major challenge for the international community. Conflict Studies is designed to provide the necessary knowledge, as well as analytical and practical skills to meet this challenge. This course is structured to introduce the key concepts and theories necessary to understand contemporary international conflict. At the same time, through practical and case study driven modules, students learn about conflict prevention and early warning as well as the appropriate ways of managing conflicts peacefully through different techniques like arbitration, negotiation and mediation. The programme also provides students with the opportunity to explore how international organizations can contribute to the promotion of peace and under what conditions international institutions are robust and stable.
Why learn more about conflict and conflict management?
Listening, oral communication, interpersonal communication, and teamwork rank near the top of skills that employers seek in their new hires. When you learn to effectively manage and resolve conflicts with others, then more opportunities for successful team memberships are available to you .If we can learn to manage this highly probable event called conflict (we average five conflicts per day), then we are less apt to practice destructive behaviors that will negatively impact our team. Although conflict may be misunderstood and unappreciated, research shows that unresolved conflict can lead to aggression. Most of us use conflict skills that we observed growing up, unless we have made a conscious effort to change our conflict management style. Some of us observed good conflict management, while others observed faulty conflict management. Most of us have several reasons to improve our conflict-management skills. Faculty members should help students develop their conflict management skills. Most people do not resolve conflicts because they either have a faulty skill set and/or because they do not know the organization’s policy on conflict management. All team members need to know their conflict styles, conflict intervention methods, and strategies for conflict skill improvement
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