Spring 2015

Mediation, Negotiation and Conflict Management Skills

A warm welcome to the course. On this webpage you will find the information you’ll need for each successive module. Please note the page will be updated as the course progresses. 

Course Leader Biographies | Course Participant Biographies | Location Map

Slides from Module One | Compendium of Flipchart Notes

Assessment Module | 22 – 24 April

Practice Day: Wednesday 22 April

You will find detailed instructions for the Practice Day, together with the general instructions for the case studies, here. 

Assessment Module: Thursday 23and Friday 24 April

You will find detailed instructions for the Assessment Module, together with the general instructions, here. 

Please also read the Assessment Criteria with details of the assessment process and the Post Course Assignment Notes.

Helpful Videos:

• Preparing for a Plenary Meeting
• AARREE
• Testing Reality
• The End Game

Useful Resources:

• The Mediator’s Log–Learning Tool (work in progress–completed version to be released soon)
• Respectful Dialogue – John’s TEDx talk given in light of the Scottish Referendum
• Our Resources page, with videos and articles on mediation, negotiation and other related issues as well as John Sturrock’s blog
• Core Reading Recommendations 

Module 2

Module Two | 26 – 27 March

Please download and print the following general instructions for the case studies in advance of the course:

Thursday:

Day 4 Rota

General Instructions: Insurances MacGuire & Dr Giles 

General Instructions: Cower and 3WPageniks Ltd 

Friday:

General Instructions: Paula Radley and City Leisure (Workplace, Management & Employment)

General Instructions: Graham and Newcombe (Commercial Contract & Professional Negligence)

Module 1

Module One | 4 – 6 March 2015

Please download and print the following general instructions for the case studies in advance of the course:

Demonstration – Fountainhall Furnishing

General Instructions – Reddale College

General Instructions – Architectural Creation Partnerships

General Instructions – Ace Biogen

General Instructions – Grimm and The Countryside Development Agency

For those cases in which you are playing roles other than mediator, we will normally issue private instructions for roles on the day before the workshops. This will avoid you being overwhelmed with paper and potentially confused in your preparation. In the cases, please note that names can be changed to accommodate the gender of the role player!