COM 491 Schedule - Irwin Mallin, IPFW Communication

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COM 491-01 Course Schedule (subject to change)

T 1/10
Introductions to the course and each other

R 1/12
Introduction to the subject matter

(F 1/13 Last day to add – Sun 1/15 is last day for full refund)

T 1/17
Definitions and models of conflict – Donohue & Kolt, Chapter 1

R 1/19
Destructive v. constructive conflict
Conflict Analysis Paper 1 assigned

T 1/24
Levels of conflict

R 1/26
Styles of conflict – Donohue & Kolt, Chapter 2

T 1/31
Confronting conflict (or not) and cycles of conflict

R 2/2
Goals – Hocker & Wilmot
(I strongly suggest that you start reading Fisher, Ury, & Patton in early February even though we won’t begin discussing it until after Exam 1.
This will make your late February workload less intense. Trust me.)

T 2/7
Face and attribution – Donohue & Kolt, Chapter 3

R 2/9 &
T 2/14
Marital conflict – Gottman and Lulofs & Cahn

R 2/16
Catch up and review

T 2/21
Exam 1

R 2/23
Introducing the negotiation model – Fisher, Ury, & Patton, pp. 3-57
Conflict Analysis Paper 1 due

T 2/28
Practice negotiations
Conflict Analysis Paper 2 assigned

R 3/1
An "if we need it" day

T 3/6 & R 3/8 No class – Spring Break

T 3/13
Listening and responding

R 3/15
Issues in negotiation – Donohue & Kolt, Chapter 4

(F 3/16 Last day to withdraw or change from credit to audit)

T 3/20
Options and criteria – Fisher, Ury, & Patton, pp. 58-95
Negotiation Report assigned

R 3/22
Integrative strategies – Pruitt

T 3/27
Best alternative to a negotiated agreement – Fisher, Ury, & Patton, pp. 99-150

R 3/29
No class – Central States Communication Association Convention

T 4/3
Negotiation jujitsu

R 4/5
More practice negotiations

T 4/10
Objections to interest-based negotiations – Fisher, Ury & Patton, pp. 149-187
Conflict Analysis Paper 2 due

R 4/12, T 4/17 &
R 4/19
Still more practice negotiations

T 4/24
Third parties – Donohue & Kolt, Chapter 7

R 4/26 Catch up and review
Negotiation Report due

R 5/3 Exam 2, 4 to 5:30 p.m.

References:

Gottman, J. (1994, March/April). What makes marriage work? Psychology Today, 27(2), pp. 38-43, 68.

Hocker, J. L., & Wilmot, W. W. (1995). Conflict goals. In Interpersonal conflict (4th ed.) (pp. 45-68). Madison, WI: Brown & Benchmark.

Lulofs, R. S., & Cahn, D. D. (2000). Research on intimacy and conflict. In Conflict: From theory to action (2nd ed.) (pp. 168-185). Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon.

Pruitt, D. G. (1981). Forms taken by integrative agreements. In Negotiation behavior (pp. 137-162). New York: Academic Press

Two of your classmates:

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T 1/10	Introductions to the course and each other
R 1/12	Introduction to the subject matter
(F 1/13	Last day to add – Sun 1/15 is last day for full refund)
T 1/17	Definitions and models of conflict – Donohue & Kolt, Chapter 1
R 1/19	Destructive v. constructive conflict Conflict Analysis Paper 1 assigned
T 1/24	Levels of conflict
R 1/26	Styles of conflict – Donohue & Kolt, Chapter 2
T 1/31	Confronting conflict (or not) and cycles of conflict
R 2/2	Goals – Hocker & Wilmot (I strongly suggest that you start reading Fisher, Ury, & Patton in early February even though we won’t begin discussing it until after Exam 1. This will make your late February workload less intense. Trust me.)
T 2/7	Face and attribution – Donohue & Kolt, Chapter 3
R 2/9 & T 2/14	Marital conflict – Gottman and Lulofs & Cahn
R 2/16	Catch up and review
T 2/21	Exam 1
R 2/23	Introducing the negotiation model – Fisher, Ury, & Patton, pp. 3-57 Conflict Analysis Paper 1 due
T 2/28	Practice negotiations Conflict Analysis Paper 2 assigned
R 3/1	An "if we need it" day
T 3/6 & R 3/8	No class – Spring Break
T 3/13	Listening and responding
R 3/15	Issues in negotiation – Donohue & Kolt, Chapter 4
(F 3/16	Last day to withdraw or change from credit to audit)
T 3/20	Options and criteria – Fisher, Ury, & Patton, pp. 58-95 Negotiation Report assigned
R 3/22	Integrative strategies – Pruitt
T 3/27	Best alternative to a negotiated agreement – Fisher, Ury, & Patton, pp. 99-150
R 3/29	No class – Central States Communication Association Convention
T 4/3	Negotiation jujitsu
R 4/5	More practice negotiations
T 4/10	Objections to interest-based negotiations – Fisher, Ury & Patton, pp. 149-187 Conflict Analysis Paper 2 due
R 4/12, T 4/17 & R 4/19	Still more practice negotiations
T 4/24	Third parties – Donohue & Kolt, Chapter 7
R 4/26	Catch up and review Negotiation Report due
R 5/3	Exam 2, 4 to 5:30 p.m.