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Moss, Larry E. – Sierra Club Bulletin, 1981
This article examines conflict resolution through environmental mediation. Using several case studies the author defines and outlines the various approaches taken in resolving conflicts over environmental issues. It was concluded that some environmental disputes can be solved more satisfactorily and more quickly by using negotiation and mediation.…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Collective Bargaining, Conflict Resolution, Environment
Download full textTuchman, Bruce M; And Others – 1977
An in-depth, exploratory analysis was conducted covering nine cases in which mediation was used as an alternative to the adversary system in arriving at divorce settlements. The analyses were based on audio recordings of mediation sessions and an intensive interview with each of the parties 3 to 12 months after the divorce. Four obstacles to…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Divorce, Interpersonal Relationship, Labor Problems
Flickinger, Linda E.; Bender, Robert L. – 1992
Mutual gains bargaining (MGB) is a focused approach to contract negotiations that is designed to result in exchanges reflecting greater concern with mutuality than with self-interest. At St. Clair County Community College (SCCCC) in Port Huron, Michigan, three faculty contracts have been negotiated using an adaptation of MGB designed for the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Collective Bargaining, Community Colleges, Conflict Resolution
Durrant, Robert E. – 1983
Guidelines in an outline format are presented to school board members and administrators on how to handle impasses in bargaining. The following two rules are given: there sometimes may be strikes, but there always will be settlements; and on the way to settlements, there always will be impasses. Suggestions for handling impasses are listed under…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Birnbaum, Robert – 1980
The evolution of collective bargaining in higher education and factors that lead academic bargaining from destructive conflict to cooperation are examined. Academic bargaining is viewed as a form of shared authority, but one with unusual institutional and organizational problems that may lead toward destructive, rather than constructive conflict.…
Descriptors: Administrators, Collective Bargaining, College Administration, College Faculty
Boyles, Lyle E. – 1983
Suggestions to boards of education on handling an impasse situation in bargaining are given. Boards are advised to fully assess the possibility of gaining an acceptable agreement at the beginning of the negotiation session. If this cannot be done, six assumptions are offered as good advice in dealing with all impasse situations. Advice written by…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining
Gonder, Peggy Odell – 1981
The responses of over 700 members of the American Association of School Administrators to a survey investigating the status of collective bargaining in today's elementary and secondary school systems served as the basis for this report. Questions were asked concerning all aspects of collective bargaining (from the administrative perspective),…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Arbitration, Collective Bargaining, Contract Salaries
