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COURSE OUTLINE
JOINT DOCTORAL PROGRAM IN MANAGEMENT
Concordia-HEC-McGill-UQÀM
ISSUES IN MANAGEMENT THINKING
AUTUMN 2011
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Professor: Martin DeWaele, Ph.D. (Berkeley)
Phone: (514) 987-3000, ext. 4873
Office: R-3655
N.B.: No emails please – Pas de courriels s.v.p.
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COURSE OBJECTIVES
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This seminar offers an in-depth examination and ontological analysis of key issues in management thinking and practice. This semester, Autumn 2011, the seminar aims at providing students with an comprehensive and interdisciplinary perspective on the analysis and management of conflict in development, with special emphasis on conflict in developing countries. The course examines the nature and forms of conflict in the course of development management as well as causes, processes, and management of conflict at the individual, group, and organizational levels. The seminar comprises the discussion and analysis of real-time management situations and cases of conflict, with special reference to conflict in the context of managing development. The course draws on several disciplinary systems, including traditional management thinking, systems thinking, depth psychology, economics, mythology, political science, cultural and religious perspectives, and anthropology.
Specifically, the objectives of the seminar are:
To provide a better understanding of the depth of management as an inquiring system and
field of practice;
To clarify the relevance of multi-disciplinarity in a management context. In particular, to
broaden and deepen students' understanding of the meaning of conflicts and the role of
management in resolving conflicts;
To provide a comparative overview of the nature and forms of conflict as a general social
phenomenon and as a developmental occurrence in particular;
To foster the capacity of students to generate knowledge about conflicts through an
in-depth analysis of real-life cases;
To increase students' abilities to create and apply a system of learning about conflicts
and their resolution in a context of development, to formulate theories about these
conflicts and propose pathways for their implementation; to draw out practical implications
in modern-day management.
Evaluation
Evaluation is based on an assessment of students' understanding of assigned readings via class participation, presentations and discussions, and on the submission of a paper which comprises a theoretical and applied component. The paper shall be an in-depth, critical review of one way to manage conflict, or an in-depth analysis of a real-life conflict situation (length and other specifications and details to be determined).
SCHEDULE
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N.B.: Available readings may be assigned on the basis of student interest and background. As the course develops, with new ideas and interests emerging, the course content and reading list could be subjected to change. There also could be minor changes in the session titles and their order.
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Session 1
INTRODUCTION, OBJECTIVES, METHODS, LOGISTICS
Session 2
REGULATION AND MANAGEMENT: THE NATURE AND FORMS
OF CONFLICT IN DEVELOPMENT
Readings:
Burton, J., The Workplace, Chapter 10 in Violence Explained: The Sources of Conflict , Violence and Crime and Their Provention, p. 85-93. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1997.
Chomsky, N., The Culture of Terrorism. Boston: South End Press, 1988 (Selected chapters).
Churchman, C. W., On science, personality, and social conflict, Chapter 14 in Theory of Experimental Inference, p. 236-251. New York: Macmillan Company, 1948.
Clark, M. E., Aggressivity and violence: An alternative theory of human nature, Peace and Conflict Studies, Volume 5, Number 1, June 1998.
Elias, R., Culture of violence as solution, in L. Kurtz (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict, Volume 3, p. 659-673. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1999.
Galeski, B., Conflict and change as aspects of development, in D. Pitt (Ed.) Development from Below, p. 151-165. The Hague: Mouton Publishers, 1976.
Jabri, V. Discourses on Violence: Conflict Analysis Reconsidered. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996 (Selected chapters).
Jeong, H. W., Peace and Conflict Studies: An Introduction. Dartmouth: Aldershot, 1998 (Selected chapters).
Kriesberg, L., Conflict transformation, in L. Kurtz (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, Conflict, Volume 1, p. 413-425. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1999.
Sandole, D. J. D., A Comprehensive Mapping of Conflict and Conflict Resolution: The Three Pillar Approach, Peace and Conflict Studies, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1998.
Turpin, J. & Kurtz. L. (Eds.), The Web of Violence. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1996 (Selected chapters).
Wright, Q., The nature of conflict, Chapter 1 in J. Burton & F. Dukes (Eds.), Conflict: Readings in Management and Resolution, p.15-34. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990.
Session 3
INTERDISCIPLINARY THINKING ON CONFLICT: BIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
Readings:
Cannon, W. B. The Wisdom of the Body. New York: Norton, 1963 (Selected chapters).
Laborit, H. Decoding The Human Message (trans. by S. Bodington & A. Wilson). London: Allison & Busby, 1977 (Selected chapters)
(or: La nouvelle grille. Paris, Laffont, 1985)
Laborit, H. Les bases biologiques des comportements sociaux. Conférence du 29 septembre 1990, Musée de la civilisation à Québec, 1991.
MacLean, P., The brain in relation to empathy and medical education, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease (144), p. 374-382.
Sandole, D. J. D., Paradigm, theories, and metaphors in conflict and conflict resolution: Coherence or confusion? In D. J. D. Sandole & H. van der Merwe (Eds.), Conflict Resolution Theory and Practice: Integration and Application, p. 3-24. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 1993.
Session 4
PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON CONFLICT
Readings:
Bateson, G. W., Conventions of communication: Where validity depends on belief, in J. Ruesch & G. Bateson (Eds.), Communication, The Social Matrix of Society, p. 212-227. New York: Norton, 1951.
Comas-Diaz, L., Lykes, M. B., Alarcon, R. D., Ethnic conflict and the psychology of liberation in Guatemala, Peru, and Puerto Rico, American Psychologist 53(7), p. 778-792, 1998.
Deutsch, M., A theoretical perspective ono conflict and conflict resolution, Chapter 2(i) in D. J. D. Sandole & I. Sandole-Staroste (Eds.), Conflict Management and Problem Solving: Interpersonal to International Applications (Foreword by K. E. Boulding), p. 38-49. Washington Square, NY: New York University Press, 1987.
Deutsch, M., Intrapsychic conflict, chapter 3 in The Resolution of Conflict: Constructive and
Destructive Processes, p. 33-47. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1973.
Deutsch, M., Group formation, chapter 4 in The Resolution of Conflict: Constructive and
Destructive Processes, p. 48-66. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1973.
Deutsch, M., Intergroup conflict, chapter 5 in The Resolution of Conflict: Constructive and
Destructive Processes, p. 67-123. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1973.
Druckman, D., New directions for a social psychology of conflict, Chapter 2(ii) in D. J. D. Sandole & I. Sandole-Staroste (Eds.), Conflict Management and Problem Solving: Interpersonal to International Applications (Foreword by K. E. Boulding), p. 50-56. Washington Square, NY: New York University Press, 1987.
Mays, V. M., Bullock, M., Rosenzweig, M. R., Wessells, M., Ethnic conflict: Global challenges and psychological perspectives, American Psychologist 53(7), p. 737-742, 1998.
Rummel, R. J., Why Does Power Kill?, Chapter 1, in Power Kills. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 1997.
Smith, D. N., The Psychocultural Roots of Genocide, American Psychologist, Vo. 53, No. 7, p. 743-753, 1998.
Spitzberg, B. H., Canary, D. J., Cupach, W. R., A competence-based approach to the study of interpersonal conflict, in D. D. Cahn (Ed.), Conflict in Interpersonal Relationships, p. 183-202. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum, 1994.
Vayrynen, T., Securitised Ethnic Identities and Communal Conflicts, Peace and Conflict Studies, Vo. 4, No. 2, 1997.
Wells, D. S., Psychological Causes of War, Chapter 11, in The War Myth, p. 171-172. New York: Pegasus, 1967.
Session 5
PSYCHOANALYTIC PERSPECTIVES ON CONFLICT
Readings:
Brenner, C., The mind as conflict and compromise formation, Journal of Clinical Psychoanalysis 3(4), p. 473-488, 1994.
De Waele, M., A clinical concept of the self: The experiential being, British Journal of Medical Psychology, 68, p. 223-242, 1995.
Freud, S., Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego. London: Hogarth Press, 1922.
Fromm, E., Benign Aggression, Chapter 9 in The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness,
p. 210-245, New York: Fawcett, 1973.
Fromm, E., Malignant Aggression: Premises, Chapter 10 in The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness, p. 246-299. New York: Fawcett, 1973.
Fromm, E., Malignant Aggression: Cruelty and Destructiveness, Chapter 11, in The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness, p. 300-361. NewYork: Fawcett, 1973.
Huizinga, J., Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play Element in Culture. Boston: Beacon Press, 1955.
Kohut, H. The Restoration of the Self. New York: International Universities Press, 1977 (Selected chapters).
Miller, A. For your own good: Hidden cruelty in child-rearing and the roots of violence. Trans. from German Am Anfang war Erziehung. New York: Farrar, Strauss, Giroux, 1983 (Selected chapters).
Tavris, C., Anger, The Misunderstood Emotion. New York: Touchstone, 1989 (Selected chapters).
Winnicott, D. W., Playing and Reality. London: Routledge, 1971 (Selected chapters).
Session 6
ECONOMIC AND SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON CONFLICT
Readings:
Anderton, C. & Anderton, R., The economics of conflict, production and exchange, in J. Brauer & W. G. Gissey (Eds.) Economics of Conflict and Peace, p. 54-82. Ashgate, UK: Aldershot, 1997.
Bottomore, T. B., Karl Marx: Selected Writings in Sociology and Social Philosophy. New York: McGrawHill, 1964 (Selected chapters).
Colomy, P. (Ed.), The Dynamics of Social Systems. London: Sage Publications, 1992 (Selected chapters).
Hofstede, G., Culture's consequences: International differences in work-related values. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications, 1980 (Selected chapters).
Mott, W. H. The Economic Basis of Peace. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997 (Selected chapters).
Ogley, R., Conflict theory, in L. Kurtz (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, Conflict, Volume 1, p. 401-412. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1999.
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Powelson, J. P., Conflict: On the limitations of the division of labor, Chapter 2 in Institutions of Economic Growth: A Theory of Conflict Management in Developing Countries, p. 31-57. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1972.
Premdas, R. R., The Political Economy of Ethnic Strife, Ethnic Studies Report, Fall 1989.
Reyna, S. P. & Downs, R. E. (Eds.) Deadly Developments. Willison, VT: Gordon & Breach Science Publishers, 1998 (Selected chapters).
Rotte, R., Economics and peace theory on the eve of World War I, in J. Brauer & W. G. Gissey (Eds.) Economics of Conflict and Peace, p. 7-30. Ashgate, UK: Aldershot, 1997.
Wells, D. A., Economic Causes of War, Chapter 13 in The War Myth, p. 201-214. New York: Pegasus, 1967.
Session 7
ANTHROPOLOGICAL, CULTURAL, AND RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVES ON CONFLICT
Readings:
Azevedo, M. J. Roots of Violence. Williston, VT: Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, 1998 (Selected chapters).
Comaroff, J. & Roberts, S., Rules and Processes: The Cultural Logic of Dispute in an African Context. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981 (Selected chapters).
Girard, R. Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World. Trans. by M. Metteer and S. Bann, Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1994 (Selected chapters).
Gulliver, P. Disputes and Negotiation: A Cross-Cultural Perspective. New York: Academic Press, 1963 (Selected chapters).
Kakar, S. The Colours of Violence. New Delhi: Viking (Penguin India), 1995.
Martin, D. L. & Frayer, D. W. Troubled Times. Williston, VT: Gordon & Breach Science Publishers, 1998 (Selected chapters).
Riches, D., The phenomenon of violence, Chapter 1 in D. Riches (Ed.), The Anthropology of Violence, p. 1-27. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1988.
Ross, M. H., Why Are Some Societies More Conflictual Than Others?, Chapter 1 in The Culture of Conflict: Interpretations and Interests in Comparative Perspective, p. 1-14, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993.
Ross, M. H., Conflict, Culture, and the Cross-Cultural Method, Chapter 2 in The Culture of Conflict: Interpretations and Interests in Comparative Perspective, p. 15-32. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993.
Sessions 8, 9, 10, 11
THE ANALYSIS OF CONFLICT IN PRACTICE:
CASES OF CONFLICT WITHIN SELVES, BETWEEN SELVES, WITHIN ORGANIZATIONS, BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS
Readings for selected cases to be determined.
Session 12
FROM ANALYSIS TO CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
Readings:
Burton, J., Acceptability of Conflict Resolution, Chapter 16 in Conflict: Resolution and Provention, p. 217-229. London: Macmillan, 1990.
Burton, J. W. & Dukes, F. Conflict: Practices in Management, Settlement & Resolution. New York: Macmillan, 1990 (Selected chapters).
Ross, M. H., Successful Conflict Management, Chapter 6 in The Management of Conflict: Interpretations and Interests in Comparative Perspective, p. 118-135. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993.
Ross, M. H., Failed Conflict Management, Chapter 7 in The Management of Conflict: Interpretations and Interests in Comparative Perspective, p. 136-166. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993.
Ross, M. H., Psychocultural Prerequisites for Constructive Conflict Management, Chapter 8 in The Management of Conflict: Interpretations and Interests in Comparative Perspective, p. 167-185. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993.
Ross, M. H., Toward More Constructive Conflict Management, Chapter 9 in The Management of Conflict: Interpretations and Interests in Comparative Perspective, p. 186-199. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993.
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Ross, M. H., "Good-enough" isn't so bad: Thinking about success and failure in ethic conflict management, Peace and Conflict, 6(1), 27-48, 2000.
Scimecca, J. A., Conflict resolution: The basis for social control or social change? Chapter 1(ii) in D. J. D. Sandole & I. Sandole-Staroste (Eds.), Conflict Management and Problem Solving: Interpersonal to International Applications (Foreword by K. E. Boulding), p. 30-33. Washington Square, NY: New York University Press, 1987.
Sherman, A., Continuing issues in the management of conflict, Chapter 1(iii) in D. J. D. Sandole & I. Sandole-Staroste (Eds.), Conflict Management and Problem Solving: Interpersonal to International Applications (Foreword by K. E. Boulding), p. 34-37. Washington Square, NY: New York University Press, 1987.
Wedge, B., Conflict management: The state of the art, Chapter 14(i) in D. J. D. Sandole & I. Sandole-Staroste (Eds.), Conflict Management and Problem Solving: Interpersonal to International Applications (Foreword by K. E. Boulding), p. 279-288. Washington Square, NY: New York University Press, 1987.
Session 13
THE MANAGEMENT OF CONFLICT AS PROBLEM-SOLVING
Readings: