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Dr Valdee section 2
Notes from coms 480 coms and conflict
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Undergraduate 4
09/25/2007

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3 views of power
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1 distributive (either/or)
2 Integrative (both/and)
3 Designated (power from the position one holds
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Basic assumptions about power
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People have different views of power
views of power influence how you approach a conflict situation
View on power influence how your conflict partner responds
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Distributive Power
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Power struggle. power is a force used to get people to act against their will. Disputes become power struggles. people loose sight of interests rights and solutions
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Interest
Definition
goals and desires key issues
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Rights
Definition
focuses on the broader basic rights of people
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Destructive Cycle of Distributed Power
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Involves focusing on and talking about power parties try to one up each other. Parties keep score getting power is a relationship
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Integrative Power Both/And
Definition
Goals of both parties disputants work together to obtain

also called relational approach
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Designated power
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Involves giving power to some other group or power. Giving that power to a system or social structure or another person bosses teachers law enforcement
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Conflict and Power
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Different approaches to power lead to different outcomes
View of power and attempt to to use power influenced and constrained by other views of and attempts to use power
Power is not property of the individual.
Power is product of social interaction
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