Beyond Intractability: A Free Knowledge Base on More Constructive Approaches to Destructive Conflict

Introduction: Roy Lewicki, a negotiation expert, observes that we study the "table" stage of conflicts much more than the earlier or later stages

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The "Table" Stage of Conflict
Roy Lewicki
Professor of Management and Human Resources at Ohio State University

Interviewed by
Julian Portilla
2003

We look a great deal at the engagement phases of disputes. So what happens at the table, or what happens in the fight, or what happens at the meeting, but we having not spent very much time at all at what happens before the parties engage or at the aftermath kinds of issues. These are time series ideas, evolution and change kinds of ideas.

Human beings feel dishonor the most, sometimes, when they most deserve it. -- Mark Twain

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