Ackermann, Fran, Eden, Colin and Pyrko, Igor (2016). Accelerated Multi-Organization Conflict Resolution. Group Decision and Negotiation, 25 (5), pp. 901-922.
Abstract
In this paper, we discuss two situations where two organizations with different aims recognized the dysfunctionality of their relationship. In each of these cases, which were long running (6–8 months), the organizations had worked hard to resolve this dysfunctionality, and conflict, by organizing off-site meetings designed to resolve the conflict. These 1-day meetings failed. Subsequently Group Support System workshops were used for 1 day workshops and in each case the conflict was essentially resolved within 55 min. The research reported in this paper seeks to answer the question: what happened in these cases that led to a resolution of the conflict in such a short time period, given other attempts had failed? Specifically the paper explores the impact of the GSS used to facilitate two organizations seeking to resolve a conflictual situation.
| Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10726-016-9472-z |
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| Divisions: | College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School |
| Additional Information: | © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2016. The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10726-016-9472-z |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | conflict resolution,group support systems,causal mapping,multi-organization |
| Publication ISSN: | 1572-9907 |
| Last Modified: | 01 May 2025 07:45 |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Apr 2018 12:45 |
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PURE Output Type: | Article |
| Published Date: | 2016-09-01 |
| Published Online Date: | 2016-03-17 |
| Accepted Date: | 2016-03-17 |
| Authors: |
Ackermann, Fran
Eden, Colin Pyrko, Igor ( 
0000-0003-0413-2310)
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