Conflict Assessment Guide<\/p>\n
The Conflict Assessment Guide will help you map all of the central<\/p>\n
elements of your conflict. As you\u2019ll notice, much of this guide relies on main concepts and practices we discussed in earlier chapters of the book.<\/p>\n
I. Nature of the Conflict<\/p>\n
A. What are the \u201ctriggering events\u201d that brought this conflict into<\/p>\n
mutual awareness?<\/p>\n
B. What is the historical context of this conflict in terms of (1) the<\/p>\n
ongoing relationship between the parties and (2) other, external<\/p>\n
events within which this conflict is embedded?<\/p>\n
C. Do the parties have assumptions about conflict that are<\/p>\n
discernable by their choices of conflict metaphors, patterns of<\/p>\n
behavior, or clear expressions of their attitudes about conflict?<\/p>\n
D. Conflict elements:<\/p>\n
1. How is the struggle expressed by each party?<\/p>\n
2. What are the perceived incompatible goals?<\/p>\n
3. What are the perceived scarce resources?<\/p>\n
4. In what ways are the parties interdependent? How are they<\/p>\n
interfering with one another? How are they cooperating to<\/p>\n
keep the conflict in motion?<\/p>\n
E. Has the conflict vacillated between productive and destructive<\/p>\n
phases? If so, which elements were transformed during the<\/p>\n
productive cycles? Which elements might be transformed by<\/p>\n
creative solutions to the conflict?<\/p>\n
II. Orientation to the Conflict<\/p>\n
A. What attitudes toward conflict do participants seem to hold?<\/p>\n
B. Do they perceive conflict as positive, negative, or neutral? How<\/p>\n
can you tell?<\/p>\n
C. What metaphoric images do conflict participants use? What<\/p>\n
metaphors might you use to describe the conflict?<\/p>\n
D. What is the cultural background of the participants? What is the<\/p>\n
cultural context in which the conflict takes place?<\/p>\n
E. How might gender roles, limitations, and expectations be<\/p>\n
operating in this conflict?<\/p>\n
III. Interests and Goals<\/p>\n
A. How do the parties clarify their goals? Do they phrase them in<\/p>\n
individualistic or systemic terms?<\/p>\n
B. What does each party think the other\u2019s goals are? Are they similar<\/p>\n
or dissimilar to the perceptions of self-goals?<\/p>\n
C. How have the goals been altered from the beginning of the<\/p>\n
conflict to the present? In what ways are the prospective,<\/p>\n
transactive, and retrospective goals similar or dissimilar?<\/p>\n
D. What are the topic, relational, identity, and process goals?<\/p>\n
E. How do the TRIP goals overlap with one another?<\/p>\n
F. Which goals seem to be primary at different stages of the dispute?<\/p>\n
G. Are the conflict parties \u201cspecializing\u201d in one type or the other?<\/p>\n
H. Are the identity and relational issues the \u201cdrivers\u201d of this dispute?<\/p>\n
I. Are any of the goals emerging in different forms?<\/p>\n
J. How do the goals shift during the prospective, transactive, and<\/p>\n
retrospective phases?<\/p>\n
IV. Power<\/p>\n
A. What attitudes about their own and the other\u2019s power does each<\/p>\n
party have? Do they talk openly about power, or is it not<\/p>\n
discussed?<\/p>\n
B. What do the parties see as their own and the other\u2019s dependencies<\/p>\n
on one another? As an external observer, can you classify some<\/p>\n
dependencies that they do not list?<\/p>\n
C. What power currencies do the parties see themselves and the<\/p>\n
other possessing?<\/p>\n
D. From an external perspective, what power currencies of which the<\/p>\n
participants are not aware seem to be operating?<\/p>\n
E. In what ways do the parties disagree on the balance of power<\/p>\n
between them? Do they underestimate their own or the other\u2019s<\/p>\n
influence?<\/p>\n
F. What impact does each party\u2019s assessment of power have on<\/p>\n
subsequent choices in the conflict?<\/p>\n
G. What evidence of destructive \u201cpower balancing\u201d occurs?<\/p>\n
H. In what ways do observers of the conflict agree and disagree with<\/p>\n
the parties\u2019 assessments of their power?<\/p>\n
I. What are some unused sources of power that are present?<\/p>\n
V. Styles<\/p>\n
A. What individual styles did each party use? Use the five-style,<\/p>\n
dual-concern description of styles.<\/p>\n
B. How did the individual styles change during the course of the<\/p>\n
conflict?<\/p>\n
C. How did the parties perceive the other\u2019s style?<\/p>\n
D. In what way did a party\u2019s style reinforce the choices the other<\/p>\n
party made as the conflict progressed?<\/p>\n
E. Were the style choices primarily symmetrical or complementary?<\/p>\n
F. From an external perspective, what were the advantages and<\/p>\n
disadvantages of each style within this particular conflict?<\/p>\n
G. Can the overall system be characterized as having a predominant<\/p>\n
style? What do the participants say about the relationship as a<\/p>\n
whole?<\/p>\n
H. Do the participants appear to strategize about their conflict<\/p>\n
choices or remain spontaneous?<\/p>\n
I. How does each party view the other\u2019s strategizing?<\/p>\n
J. What are the tactical options used by both parties?<\/p>\n
K. Do the tactical options classify primarily into avoidance,<\/p>\n
dominating, or collaboration?<\/p>\n
L. How are the participants\u2019 tactics mutually impacting on the<\/p>\n
others\u2019 choices?<\/p>\n
VI. Conflict and Emotions<\/p>\n
A. In your situation, what approaches to change have you utilized or<\/p>\n
are you contemplating? How effective are these approaches?<\/p>\n
B. Choose several emotions that the parties have expressed in this<\/p>\n
conflict. What are the functions of these emotions? How are they<\/p>\n
mitigated or moderated? Use the circumplex model to describe<\/p>\n
the emotions.<\/p>\n
C. What can you learn about emotions in this particular conflict? Do<\/p>\n
the feelings cluster around \u201cneeds being met\u201d or \u201cneeds not being<\/p>\n
met\u201d?<\/p>\n
D. What emotions are seldom expressed? What is the result?<\/p>\n
E. Discuss how parties might use positive emotions to help in this<\/p>\n
particular conflict.<\/p>\n
F. In this conflict, has anyone strayed out of the \u201czone of<\/p>\n
effectiveness\u201d? How? What have you or might you do about this?<\/p>\n
G. How is mindfulness being used\/not used in this conflict?<\/p>\n
VII. Analyzing Interactions and Overall Patterns<\/p>\n
A. What system dynamics characterize this conflict?<\/p>\n
B. What rules of repetitive patterns characterize this conflict?<\/p>\n
C. What triangles, coalition, and microevents best characterize the<\/p>\n
conflict?<\/p>\n
D. How destructive is the tone of this conflict?<\/p>\n
VIII. Attempted Solutions<\/p>\n
A. What options have been explored for managing the conflict?<\/p>\n
B. Have attempted solutions become part of the problem?<\/p>\n
C. Have third parties been brought into the conflict? If so, what roles<\/p>\n
did they play and what was the impact of their involvement?<\/p>\n
D. Is this conflict a repetitive one, with attempted solutions<\/p>\n
providing temporary change but with the overall pattern<\/p>\n
remaining unchanged? If so, what is that overall pattern?<\/p>\n
E. Can you identify categories of solutions that have not been tried?<\/p>\n
IX. Negotiation<\/p>\n
A. Are the parties able to negotiate with one another? Why or why<\/p>\n
not?<\/p>\n
B. What is done to equalize power?<\/p>\n
C. Do the parties use primarily dominating tactics, collaborative<\/p>\n
tactics, or some combination?<\/p>\n
D. Were the parties able to reach agreements that are durable?<\/p>\n
X. Forgiveness and Reconciliation<\/p>\n
A. In this conflict, are parties working toward forgiveness or<\/p>\n
reconciliation? Clearly state which in terms of the chapter\u2019s<\/p>\n
information on the difference between the two.<\/p>\n
B. In this conflict, what power imbalances should be addressed?<\/p>\n
How are parties doing\/not doing that?<\/p>\n
C. For you, is forgiveness a decision or a process? Use information<\/p>\n
in the chapter to discuss your position.<\/p>\n
D. In what way is your situation calling for intrapersonal or<\/p>\n
interpersonal forgiveness, or both?<\/p>\n
E. Discuss the problems of apology in this conflict.<\/p>\n
F. What lessons from other cultures might inform your study of your<\/p>\n
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