COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MANAGEMENT OF INTERPERSONAL DISAGREEMENTS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HUK 3081 MANAGEMENT OF INTERPERSONAL DISAGREEMENTS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Law

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ABBAS TÜRNÜKLÜ

Offered to

Law

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to teach students interpersonal conflicts, types of conflicts, causes of conflicts, conflict resolution strategies, principles of conflict resolution, negotiation and mediation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to define basic concepts related to interpersonal conflict resolution.
2   Being able to explain types and causes of interpersonal conflicts, and positive and negative results of conflict resolution process.
3   Being able to give examples in relation to interpersonal conflicts and conflict resolution strategies, and principles.
4   Being able to describe conflict resolution principles.
5   Being able to analyze interpersonal conflicts.
6   Being able to negotiate interpersonal conflicts face to face.
7   Being able to mediate interpersonal conflicts in order to reach peaceful and constructive agreement.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The nature of interpersonal conflicts
2 Types and causes of interpersonal conflicts
3 Conflict resolution strategies
4 Conflict analysis
5 Conflict analysis
6 Principles of conflict resolution
7 Principles of conflict resolution
8 Interpersonal negotiation skills
9 Interpersonal negotiation skills
10 Mediation skills
11 Mediation skills
12 Mediation practice
13 Mediation practice
14 Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Barsky, E. A. (2000). Conflict resolution for the helping professions. Stamford: Brooks / Cole, Thomson Learning.
Bush, R., A., B. & Folger, J., P. (2005). The promise of mediation: The transformative approach to conflict (revised version). USA: Jossey-Bass
Bush, R.A.B., Folger, J. P. (2013). Arabuluculuk ve getirileri: Dönüşümsel Çatışma Yaklaşımı. (Çev: Gamze Sart). Ankara:Nobel.
Fisher, R,. Ury, W. ve Patton, B. (1991). Getting to yes: Negotiating agreement without giving in (2nd Ed.). USA: Penguin Boks.
Folger, P., J., Poole, S., M., Stutman, K., R. (3013). Çatışma yönetimi: Ilişkiler, gruplar, ve kuruluşlar için stratejiler (Çev: Akkoyun, F.). Ankara:Nobel.
Ildır, G. (2003). Alternatif uyuşmazlık çözümü: Medeni yargıya alternative yöntemler. Ankara: Seçkin Yayınevi.
Karip, E. (1999). Çatışma yönetimi. Ankara: Pegem Yayıncılık.
Lulofs, R. S. ve Cahn D. D. (2000). Conflict from theory to action (2nd ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Presentation
Answer-Question
Discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE+FIN
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE+RST


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1-2: They will be evaluated by questions in the midterm examination.
2. LO 3-5: It will be evaluated by literature review paper.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance must be at least 70% for the lectures.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

abbas.turnuklu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 14:00-15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparing assignments 4 3 12
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 102

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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