COM-312 Conflict and Negotiation Syllabus

Conflict and Negotiation


COM-312 4 Credits Oct 23 – Dec 17
Course Description
This course is designed to introduce the concepts and theories relevant to understanding conflict
communication and the negotiation process. In this course, students are introduced to various elements of
confict and negotiation communication across a variety of contexts including interpersonal, organizational,
and international. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to analyze power dynamics in
relationships, identify confict styles and tactics, and apply intervention techniques in contexts that are
relevant to their future relationships and careers.
Instructor Contact Information
Shannon Leinen
[email protected]
Class Resources
Interpersonal Confict
Berry, K., Hocker, J. L., & Wilmot, W. W. (2017). Interpersonal confict (11th ed.): McGraw-Hill.
ISBN 9781264164264.
Topic 1: Defning Confict
Objectives:

  1. Explain the nature of confict.
  2. Describe diferent perspectives on confict.
  3. Explain factors that lead to confict within diferent contexts.
    Oct 23, 2023 – Oct 29, 2023 Max Points: 55
    Resources
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    Reading Relationships, But Seeing Betrayal: Impact of Relational Health Schemas on
    Processing of Interpersonal Confict
    Read “Reading Relationships, But Seeing Betrayal: Impact of Relational Health Schemas on Processing of
    Interpersonal Confict,” by Douglas, Binder, Kajos, Hyde, and Li, from the Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology
    (2013).
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    Managing Confict Resolution
    View “Managing Confict Resolution.”
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    Confict — A Permanent Coordinate of Existence
    Read “Confict — A Permanent Coordinate of Existence,” by Popescu and Vasilescu, from Proceedings of the
    Scientifc Conference AFASES (2012).
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    Choosing Confict Resolution by Culture
    Read: “Choosing Confict Resolution by Culture,” by Sadri, from Industrial Management (2013).
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    Interpersonal Confict
    Read Chapters 1 and 2 in Interpersonal Confict.
    Conceptualizing the Construct of Interpersonal Confict
    Read: “Conceptualizing the Construct of Interpersonal Confict,” by Barki and Hartwick, from the International
    Journal of Confict Management (2004).
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    Intraorganizational Confict Within Advertising Agencies
    Read “Intraorganizational Confict Within Advertising Agencies,” by De Gregorio, Cheong, and Kim, from Journal
    of Advertising (2012).
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    Assessments
    Summary of Current Course Content Knowledge
    Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points
    Oct 23, 2023, 12:00 AM Oct 23, 2023, 11:59 PM 0
    Assessment Description
    Academic engagement through active participation in instructional activities related to the course objectives is
    paramount to your success in this course and future courses. Through interaction with your instructor and
    classmates, you will explore the course material and be provided with the best opportunity for objective and
    competency mastery. To begin this class, review the course objectives for each Topic, and then answer the
    following questions as this will help guide your instructor for course instruction.
  4. Which weekly objectives do you have prior knowledge of and to what extent?
  5. Which weekly objectives do you have no prior knowledge of?
  6. What course-related topics would you like to discuss with your instructor and classmates? What questions
    or concerns do you have about this course?
    Class Introductions
    Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points
    Oct 23, 2023, 12:00 AM Oct 25, 2023, 11:59 PM 0
    Assessment Description
    Take a moment to explore your new classroom and introduce yourself to your fellow classmates. What are you
    excited about learning? What do you think will be most challenging?
    Topic 1 DQ 1
    Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points
    Oct 23, 2023, 12:00 AM Oct 25, 2023, 11:59 PM 5
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    Assessment Description
    Explain how confict management depends on a study of interpersonal communication. Why should we study
    confict?
    Topic 1 DQ 2
    Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points
    Oct 23, 2023, 12:00 AM Oct 27, 2023, 11:59 PM 5
    Assessment Description
    What contexts seem to be most prone to confict and why?
    How does context afect confict? Is confict a normal way of communicating with others? Why?
    Conflict Log
    Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points
    Oct 23, 2023, 12:00 AM Oct 29, 2023, 11:59 PM 25
    Assessment Traits
    Requires LopesWrite
    Assessment Description
    In 250 words or less, using the defnition of confict from the textbook, refect on how your worldview impacts
    each aspect.
    Your response should be well written and claims should be supported by class readings or scholarly articles.
    Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student
    Success Center.
    You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is
    located in Class Resources if you need assistance.
    Topic 1 Participation
    Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points
    Oct 23, 2023, 12:00 AM Oct 29, 2023, 11:59 PM 20
    Topic 2: Interests and Goals in Confict
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    Objectives:
  7. Explain the types of goals in confict and how they overlap or relate to each other.
  8. Diferentiate types of interests that can lead to confict.
  9. Examine strategies for clarifying goals and collaboratively setting goals.
    Oct 30, 2023 – Nov 5, 2023 Max Points: 55
    Resources
    A Preliminary Survey of Interpersonal Confict at Major Games and Championships
    Read “A Preliminary Survey of Interpersonal Confict at Major Games and Championships,” by Mellalieu,
    Shearer, and Shearer, from Sport Psychologist (2013).
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    Responses to Refusals of Requests: Face Threat and Persistence, Persuasion and Forgiving
    Statements
    Read “Responses to Refusals of Requests: Face Threat and Persistence, Persuasion and Forgiving Statements,”
    by Johnson, Rolof, and Rifee, from Communication Quarterly (2004).
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    Interpersonal Confict
    Read Chapter 3 in Interpersonal Confict.
    When Conficts Are Good: Nonconscious Goal Conficts Reduce Confrmatory Thinking
    Read “When Conficts Are Good: Nonconscious Goal Conficts Reduce Confrmatory Thinking,” by Kleiman and
    Hassin, from the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (2013).
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    The Efects of Confict Types, Dimensions, and Emergent States on Group Outcomes
    Read “The Efects of Confict Types, Dimensions, and Emergent States on Group Outcomes,” by Jehn, Greer,
    Levine, and Szulanski, from Group Decision & Negotiation (2008).
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    Assessments
    Topic 2 DQ 1
    Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points
    Oct 30, 2023, 12:00 AM Nov 1, 2023, 11:59 PM 5
    Assessment Description
    What are the diferent types of goals? How do they overlap and infuence each other?
    Topic 2 DQ 2
    Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points
    Oct 30, 2023, 12:00 AM Nov 3, 2023, 11:59 PM 5
    Assessment Description
    How do diferent interests lead to confict?
    Confict Log
    Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points
    Oct 30, 2023, 12:00 AM Nov 5, 2023, 11:59 PM 25
    Assessment Traits
    Requires LopesWrite
    Assessment Description
    During the week, keep track of all the negative thoughts you have about people in your world.
    In 250 words, respond to the follow: What themes do you see emerging? How do they relate to your personal
    TRIP goals?
    Your response should be well written and claims should be supported by class readings or scholarly articles.
    Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student
    Success Center.
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    Topic 2 Participation
    Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points
    Oct 30, 2023, 12:00 AM Nov 5, 2023, 11:59 PM 20
    Topic 3: Confict Styles
    Objectives:
  10. Describe a communicator’s confict style as it is expressed in his/her communication behavior.
  11. Compare expressions of harmful confict approaches.
  12. Explain the characteristics of a healthy system using systems theory.
    Nov 6, 2023 – Nov 12, 2023 Max Points: 210
    Resources
    Intercultural Conficts Between Close Friends: A Case Study of Power Relations in Continuing
    Education in Saudi Arabia
    Read “Intercultural Conficts Between Close Friends: A Case Study of Power Relations in Continuing Education
    in Saudi Arabia,” by Glowacki-Dudka, Usman, and Tref, from Convergence (2008).
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    An Exploratory Study Into the Causes of Confict and the Efect of Confict Management Style
    on Outcome in a Competitive Workplace
    Read “An Exploratory Study Into the Causes of Confict and the Efect of Confict Management Style on
    Outcome in a Competitive Workplace,” by Zia and Syed, from the Journal of Managerial Sciences (2013).
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    Confict Resolution Styles in the Nursing Profession
    Read “Confict Resolution Styles in the Nursing Profession,” by Losa Iglesias and De Bengoa Vallejo, from
    Contemporary Nurse: A Journal for the Australian Nursing Profession (2012).
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    The Moderating Role of Personality Traits on Emotional Intelligence and Confict Management
    Styles
    Read “Moderating Role of Personality Traits on Emotional Intelligence and Confict Management Styles,” by
    Bao-Yiann and Chun-Chi, from Psychological Reports (2012).
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    Interpersonal Confict
    Read Chapters 5 and 7 in Interpersonal Confict.
    The Relationship Between Interpersonal Conficts and Personality Traits in Friendship
    Between Mothers Rearing Little Children
    Read “The Relationship Between Interpersonal Conficts and Personality Traits in Friendship Between Mothers
    Rearing Little Children,” by Michiko and Yoko, from the Japanese Journal of Personality (2013).
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    Leadership Styles & Confict Management Styles of Executives
    Read: “Leadership Styles & Confict Management Styles of Executives,” by Limbare, from Indian Journal of
    Industrial Relations (2012).
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    Assessments
    Topic 3 DQ 1
    Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points
    Nov 6, 2023, 12:00 AM Nov 8, 2023, 11:59 PM 5
    Assessment Description
    How does power infuence our conficts? Explain.
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    Topic 3 DQ 2
    Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points
    Nov 6, 2023, 12:00 AM Nov 10, 2023, 11:59 PM 5
    Assessment Description
    Using an example from your life, explain how the characteristics of a healthy system according to systems
    theory can help you identify and change elements of that scenario to a healthier system.
    Benchmark – Confict
    Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points
    Nov 6, 2023, 12:00 AM Nov 12, 2023, 11:59 PM 180
    Assessment Traits
    Requires LopesWrite
    Benchmark
    Assessment Description
    Confict is multifaceted problem that takes understanding its parts and how each individual approaches it such
    that you can make a constructive solution. This assignment requires you to assess a destructive confict, your
    own confict style, and how to appropriately resolve it.
    Write a paper (1,000-1,500 words) doing the following:
  13. Summarize a confict you recently experienced for the factors that made it destructive in nature. Your
    discussion should utilize material from Chapters 1 & 2.
  14. Utilizing the confict styles assessment on pages 154-155, informally interview two persons close to you
    about their perceptions of your personal confict style. Discuss the diferences between your own and
    others’ perception of your style. Include both positives and negatives of your style.
  15. Refecting on your destructive confict, what other confict style could you adopt to constructively resolve
    that confict? This should include prescriptive behaviors that overcome the weaknesses or use the strengths
    to constructively resolve the situation.
    This paper should include four additional academic sources that support your position. These are outside the
    textbook.
    Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student
    Success Center.
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    located in Class Resources if you need assistance.
    All B.A. in Communication majors should save the fnal version of this assignment with edits that incorporate
    faculty feedback after grading. Students should also save the assignment directions. COM-490:
    Communication Capstone will require students to prepare a portfolio that showcases their work in the
    program. Please save this assignment in multiple locations. See the “Communication Professional Portfolio
    Guide” under course materials for further instructions.
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    Benchmark Information
    This assignment assesses the following programmatic competency:
    1.2 Determine which confict management style(s) would be most appropriate for resolving a confict.
    Topic 3 Participation
    Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points
    Nov 6, 2023, 12:00 AM Nov 12, 2023, 11:59 PM 20
    Topic 4: The Role of Power in Confict
    Objectives:
  16. Explain the diferent orientations toward power.
  17. Identify communicative strategies or techniques for engaging power in confict.
    Nov 13, 2023 – Nov 19, 2023 Max Points: 180
    Resources
    Interpersonal Confict
    Read Chapter 4 in Interpersonal Confict.
    Navigating Power, Control, and Being Nice: Aggression in Adolescent Girls’ Friendships
    Read “Navigating Power, Control, and Being Nice: Aggression in Adolescent Girls’ Friendships,” by Crothers,
    Field, and Kolbert, from the Journal of Counseling & Development (2005).
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    Power Balance and Staf Confict in Correctional Institutions
    Read “Power Balance and Staf Confict in Correctional Institutions,” by Zald, from Administrative Science
    Quarterly (1962).
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    The Early Stages of Workplace Bullying and How It Becomes Prolonged: The Role of Culture in
    Predicting Target Responses
    Read “The Early Stages of Workplace Bullying and How It Becomes Prolonged: The Role of Culture in Predicting
    Target Responses,” by Samnani, from Journal of Business Ethics (2013).
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    Perceived Power and Physical Violence in Marital Confict
    Read “Perceived Power and Physical Violence in Marital Confict,” by Sagrestano, Heavey, and Christensen,
    from the Journal of Social Issues (1999).
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    Interpersonal Confict Handling Styles: A Collectivist Co-workers’ Perspective on Its Causes
    and Efects
    Read: “Interpersonal Confict Handling Styles: A Collectivist Co-workers’ Perspective on Its Causes and Efects,”
    by Iqbal and Afsheen, from Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research (2013).
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    Assessments
    Topic 4 DQ 1
    Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points
    Nov 13, 2023, 12:00 AM Nov 15, 2023, 11:59 PM 5
    Assessment Description
    What does it mean to have a confict style? How does culture infuence our confict style? Provide at least three
    examples.
    Topic 4 DQ 3
    Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points
    Nov 13, 2023, 12:00 AM Nov 17, 2023, 11:59 PM 5
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    Assessment Description
    Is power an either or concept in our relationships? Explain.
    Test 1
    Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points
    Nov 13, 2023, 12:00 AM Nov 19, 2023, 11:59 PM 150
    Assessment Traits
    Timed
    Assessment Description
    This test is over Chapters 1-5 and 7.
    This is a timed test. You will have 1 hour to complete it–you will NOT be able to stop the test and return to
    complete it. Before starting the test, ensure you have enough time to complete it.
    Topic 4 Participation
    Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points
    Nov 13, 2023, 12:00 AM Nov 19, 2023, 11:59 PM 20
    Topic 5: Emotional Wake
    Objectives:
  18. Discuss the importance of mid-range emotional expression.
  19. Examine self-responsibility regarding emotions.
  20. Analyze the role of feeling words.
    Nov 20, 2023 – Nov 26, 2023 Max Points: 55
    Resources
    Emotion Dysregulation in the Intergenerational Transmission of Romantic Relationship
    Confict
    Read “Emotion Dysregulation in the Intergenerational Transmission of Romantic Relationship Confict,” by Kim,
    Pears, Capaldi, and Owen, from the Journal of Family Psychology (2009).
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    Exploring the Role of Emotion in Confict Transformation
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    Confict Resolution Quarterly (2009).
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    Emotion Regulation Predicts Marital Satisfaction: More Than a Wives’ Tale
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    Levenson, from Emotion (2013).
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    Interpersonal Confict
    Read Chapter 6 in Interpersonal Confict.
    Can Confict Be Energizing? A Study of Task Confict, Positive Emotions, and Job Satisfaction
    Read “Can Confict Be Energizing? A Study of Task Confict, Positive Emotions, and Job Satisfaction,” by
    Todorova, Bear, and Weingart, from the Journal of Applied Psychology (2014).
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    The Team That Wasn’t
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    Psychology Media Suite
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    Assessments
    Topic 5 DQ 1
    Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points
    Nov 20, 2023, 12:00 AM Nov 22, 2023, 11:59 PM 5
    Assessment Description
    Why would one want to be in mid-range of emotional expression? What happens when you express more
    extreme emotions?
    Topic 5 DQ 2
    Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points
    Nov 20, 2023, 12:00 AM Nov 24, 2023, 11:59 PM 5
    Assessment Description
    What are feeling words? How do feeling words help us to constructively express confict?
    Confict Log
    Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points
    Nov 20, 2023, 12:00 AM Nov 26, 2023, 11:59 PM 25
    Assessment Description
    For one-week, keep track of emotions that you experience each day and respond to the following questions in
    less than 250 words:
    What emotions are you experiencing?
    What beliefs are informing your emotional response?
    How do you think Christian worldview infuences how you deal with your emotions?
    How can you communicate your emotions more constructively?
    Your response should be well written and claims should be supported by class readings or scholarly articles.
    Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student
    Success Center.
    You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is
    located in Class Resources if you need assistance.
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    Topic 5 Participation
    Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points
    Nov 20, 2023, 12:00 AM Nov 26, 2023, 11:59 PM 20
    Topic 6: Intervention
    Objectives:
  21. Assess how interpersonal negotiation is manifest in everyday communication.
  22. Identify circumstances in which it might be appropriate to use skilled third parties for intervention.
  23. Explain the structure and communication characteristics of formal interventions.
    Nov 27, 2023 – Dec 3, 2023 Max Points: 210
    Resources
    On the Other Side of the Table: Lessons Learned From Negotiations
    Read “On the Other Side of the Table: Lessons Learned From Negotiations,” by Williams & Peters, from Journal
    of Cases in Educational Leadership (2018).
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    What Negotiation Theory Tells Us About How the EU Has Handled Article 50
    Read “What Negotiation Theory Tells Us About How the EU Has Handled Article 50,” by Usherwood,
    from Political Insight (2018).
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    Principled Negotiation Provides a Framework
    Read “Principled Negotiation Provides a Framework,” by Chou & Cooley, from Communication Rx (2018).
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    The Interest-Based Bargaining Story at the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
    Read “The Interest-Based Bargaining Story at the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service,” by Barrett,
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    from Negotiation Journal (2015).
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    Interpersonal Confict
    Read Chapters 8 and 9 in Interpersonal Confict.
    Principled Negotiation: An Evidence-Based Perspective
    Read “Principled Negotiation: An Evidence-Based Perspective,” by Hak & Sanders, from Evidence-Based
    HRM (2018).
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    Analytics Provides the Data, Leaders Negotiate the Truth
    Read “Analytics Provides the Data, Leaders Negotiate the Truth,” by Light, from CIO (2016).
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    Negotiating and Finalizing Your Job Ofer
    Read “Negotiating and Finalizing Your Job Ofer,” by Louis, from Mission Transition (2019).
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    Interest-Based Bargaining: An Alternative to Traditional Negotiations
    Read “Interest-Based Bargaining: An Alternative to Traditional Negotiations,” by Katz, Kochan, & Colvin, from An
    Introduction to U.S. Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations (2017).
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    Resolve Confict Efectively
    Read “Resolve Confict Efectively,” by Manktelow & Birkinshaw, from Mind Tools for Managers (2018).
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    Assessments
    Topic 6 DQ 1
    Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points
    Nov 27, 2023, 12:00 AM Nov 29, 2023, 11:59 PM 5
    Assessment Description
    What are the characteristic of a bully and how do they difer from sarcasm, teasing, or relational aggression?
    Topic 6 DQ 2
    Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points
    Nov 27, 2023, 12:00 AM Dec 1, 2023, 11:59 PM 5
    Assessment Description
    What is the place of negotiation in everyday life?
    Negotiation
    Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points
    Nov 27, 2023, 12:00 AM Dec 3, 2023, 11:59 PM 180
    Assessment Traits
    Requires LopesWrite
    Assessment Description
    Negotiation is a highly important personal and professional skill which presents itself with numerous
    challenges. Understanding how to successfully negotiate with a variety of persons is important for efective
    communication across a variety of contexts. Complete both part one and part two of this assignment.
    Part One: Role Play
    Directions: choose ONE of the scenarios from the attached “Negotiation Scenarios” document, or an
    alternative scenario approved by your instructor.
    To successfully do your negotiation, follow the Seven Elements of Principled Negotiation found in the textbook
    and use those during your selected “Negotiation Scenario.” For this assignment, you will serve as the initiating
    party of the negotiation. The objective is to gain a better understanding of the negotiation process and how
    each step functions.
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    You will need to solicit the help of one person. This person will take on the role of the adversarial party in your
    selected scenario.
    One Volunteer
    Please solicit the help of one volunteer, this can be a friend, family member, or classmate. This volunteer will
    help you role play the negotiation scenario. Share your selected scenario with the volunteer and inform them
    that there is no verbatim script, so they are encouraged to behave the way they feel the participant would in a
    real negotiation. Encourage your volunteer to approach this in a serious and realistic fashion when advocating
    for their assigned position. The provided scenarios should require about 20 minutes of your volunteers time in
    order to properly address the negotiation.
    *To help orient your instructor, state the role you took and the goals you set out with in your essay.
    Additionally, include the name of your volunteer in your essay.
    Part Two: Essay
    After conducting the negotiation, write a 1,250-1,750-word paper that discusses your experience and cites at
    least four credible and authoritative references. In your paper, analyze and refect on your experience
    negotiating using the Seven Principles of Negotiation. Consider the following prompts:
  24. Were you able to focus on the relationship or did it become competitive?
  25. What elements of communication were you able to attend to and which did you struggle the most with?
  26. Did you remain on the interest or did it get personal?
  27. What options did you generate for the outcome?
  28. What were your solution criteria?
  29. Did you achieve your desired outcome or use the BATNA?
  30. Was the commitment fair and realistic? How so?
  31. How might this negotiation have been diferent if it were real and not a role play?
    This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar
    with the expectations for successful completion.
    Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student
    Success Center.
    You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is
    located in Class Resources if you need assistance.
    All B.A. in Communication majors should save the fnal version of this assignment with edits that incorporate
    faculty feedback after grading. Students should also save the assignment directions. COM-490:
    Communication Capstone will require students to prepare a portfolio that showcases their work in the
    program. Please save this assignment in multiple locations. See the “Communication Professional Portfolio
    Guide” under course materials for further instructions.
    Topic 6 Participation
    Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points
    Nov 27, 2023, 12:00 AM Dec 3, 2023, 11:59 PM 20
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    Topic 7: Forgiveness and Reconciliation Part 1
    Objectives:
  32. Examine the practical communication practices responsible for positive relational outcomes in the
    forgiveness process.
  33. Explain why the study of forgiveness is important to the topic of confict and negotiation.
  34. Use principled negotiation to resolve a dispute.
    Dec 4, 2023 – Dec 10, 2023 Max Points: 55
    Resources
    Promoting Forgiveness Toward Christians by LGBTQ Respondents Using Apology and
    Perspective-Taking
    Read “Promoting Forgiveness Toward Christians by LGBTQ Respondents Using Apology and PerspectiveTaking,” by Jordan, Worthington Jr., and Sutton, from Journal of Psychology & Christianity (2013).
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    An Investigation of Forgiveness-seeking Communication and Relational Outcomes
    Read “An Investigation of Forgiveness-Seeking Communication and Relational Outcomes,” by Kelley and
    Waldron, from Communication Quarterly (2005).
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    Interpersonal Confict
    Read Chapters 8 and 10 in Interpersonal Confict.
    Longitudinal Relations Between Forgiveness and Confict Resolution in Marriage
    Read “Longitudinal Relations Between Forgiveness and Confict Resolution in Marriage,” by Fincham, Beach,
    and Davila,” by Journal of Family Psychology (2007).
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    Assessments
    Topic 7 DQ 1
    Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points
    Dec 4, 2023, 12:00 AM Dec 6, 2023, 11:59 PM 5
    Assessment Description
    In what way is forgiveness both intrapersonal and interpersonal? How might these aspects be woven together?
    Topic 7 DQ 2
    Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points
    Dec 4, 2023, 12:00 AM Dec 8, 2023, 11:59 PM 5
    Assessment Description
    Consider the concept of forgiveness and reconciliation. How do these concepts infuence approaches to
    confict and negotiation?
    Confict Log
    Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points
    Dec 4, 2023, 12:00 AM Dec 10, 2023, 11:59 PM 25
    Assessment Traits
    Requires LopesWrite
    Assessment Description
    In 250 words: Refect on how Forgiveness and Reconciliation from the Christian worldview can be better
    enacted in your life. Identify someone that you can work towards forgiving and one constructive thing you
    could do in that relationship.
    Your response should be well written and claims should be supported by class readings or scholarly articles.
    Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student
    Success Center.
    You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is
    located in Class Resources if you need assistance.
    Topic 7 Participation
    Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points
    Dec 4, 2023, 12:00 AM Dec 10, 2023, 11:59 PM 20
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    Topic 8: Forgiveness and Reconciliation Part 2
    Objectives:
  35. Evaluate forgiveness and reconciliation as a part of interpersonal relationships.
  36. Determine when forgiveness has occurred.
    Dec 11, 2023 – Dec 17, 2023 Max Points: 180
    Resources
    Predicting Forgiveness for an Interpersonal Ofense Before and After Treatment: The Role of
    Religious Commitment, Religious Afliation, and Trait Forgivingness
    Read “Predicting Forgiveness for an Interpersonal Ofense Before and After Treatment: The Role of Religious
    Commitment, Religious Afliation, and Trait Forgivingness,” by Wade, Meyer, Goldman, and Post, from the
    Journal of Psychology & Christianity (2008).
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    Balancing out (W)Right
    Read “Balancing out (W)Right: Jesus’ theology of individual and corporate repentance and forgiveness in the
    Gospel of Luke” by Chatraw in Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (2012).
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    Refecting on Jesus’ teaching on forgiveness from a positive psychological perspective
    Read “Refecting on Jesus’ teaching on forgiveness from a positive psychological perspective” by Schefer
    in Hervormde Teologiese Studies (2015).
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    Inter-Parental Confict, Parent-Child Relationship Quality, and Adjustment in Christian
    Adolescents
    Read “Inter-Parental Confict, Parent-Child Relationship Quality, and Adjustment in Christian Adolescents:
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    Forgiveness as a Mediating Variable,” by Toussaint and Jorgensen, from the Journal of Psychology &
    Christianity (2008).
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    Interpersonal Confict
    Review Chapter 10 in Interpersonal Confict.
    Assessments
    Topic 8 DQ 1
    Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points
    Dec 11, 2023, 12:00 AM Dec 13, 2023, 11:59 PM 5
    Assessment Description
    Why is it important to study forgiveness and reconciliation as a part of interpersonal relationships? How do
    these concepts infuence confict and negotiation?
    Topic 8 DQ 2
    Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points
    Dec 11, 2023, 12:00 AM Dec 15, 2023, 11:59 PM 5
    Assessment Description
    How does one know if forgiveness has occurred? What behaviors (verbal and nonverbal) might occur?
    Test 2
    Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points
    Dec 11, 2023, 12:00 AM Dec 17, 2023, 11:59 PM 150
    Assessment Traits
    Timed
    Assessment Description
    This test covers Chapters 6, 8, 9, and 10.
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    This is a timed test. You will have 1 hour to complete it–you will NOT be able to stop the test and return to
    complete it. Before starting the test, ensure you have enough time to complete it.
    Topic 8 Participation
    Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points
    Dec 11, 2023, 12:00 AM Dec 17, 2023, 11:59 PM 20
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