This "Back Home Action Planning" unit offers an opportunity for individuals to plan how they will apply their new Cooperative Problem Solving skills in their back-home environment.
This unit explores the "Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement" or BATNA.
Cooperative Problem Solving is sometimes the best way to deal with a problem. However, sometimes other strategies are desirable. This unit looks at how it is possible to assess a situation and choose an appropriate approach.
Handout and trainers' guide on Cooperative Problem Solving.
The message of this unit that by understanding the difference between positions and interests, you greatly increase your ability to find common ground.
The message of this unit is that once we have discovered the interests of the parties to a conflict, it is often useful to generate options before developing an agreement.
An introduction to the concept of and issues involved in Cooperative Problem Solving.
The message of this unit is that it is only by listening to understand that we create the possibility of then being understood.
The way we raise an issue has a significant effect on the entire problem-solving process. By raising an issue in a constructive way, we set the stage early for resolving the conflict productively. The purpose of this unit is to give participants an opportunity to practice and explore this type of problem solving.
The message of this unit is that emotions are normal in a conflict situation, and they can contribute to problem solving if you learn how to manage them.
The message of this unit is that there are certain techniques available that can make it easier to develop agreements: one of them is using standards.
This unit deals with one of the "non-linear" dimensions of cooperative problem solving - perceptions. If we understand that each of us experiences the world differently, then we can use our different perceptions as sources of creativity and understanding, rather than as sources of dissent.
