COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIAL VIOLENCE AND NEGOTIATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IAÇ 5041 SOCIAL VIOLENCE AND NEGOTIATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Conflict Resolution (English)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÖMÜR NECZAN ÖZMEN

Offered to

Conflict Resolution (English)

Course Objective

Social violence is a purposeful use of physical force against individuals. It mostly results in injury, death, physical and/or psychological harm. It is exercised in various forms of conflicts. In this course, it is defined, however, as a certain form of criminal action that is mostly exercised in conflicts, which refer to the followings; (1) social movements, protest events and street demonstrations, (2) terrorist or criminal motivated hostage and kidnap incidents, (3) barricade and suicide situations. Commotional feelings, volatile behaviors, and threat levels might be very high in such conflicts. So, major actors and stakeholders in those conflicts are expected to be rational and use only their democratic and constitutional rights by means of lawful activities. Major actors and stakeholders, however, might resort to unlawfulness. In that case, the state will execute some necessary interventions by means of negotiation or law enforcement tactical intervention. In such conflicts, negotiation is supposed to be the first option, while law enforcement tactical intervention is the last resort. In fact, using soft power, such as negotiation, in such conflicts as a first option might be pretty effective road map in reducing crime rate. The nature of negotiation resolutions and the factors affecting negotiation and decision making strategies of professionals in conflict situations are examined more effectively in this course.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to define basic concepts and general principles related to social violence and conflict resolution
2   to learn nature/typology of social violence in conflicts: (1) social movements, protest events and street demonstrations, (2) terrorist and/or criminal motivated hostage and kidnap incidents, (3) barricade and suicide situations
3   to learn what the instrumental and expressive conflict situations are
4   to learn who the stakeholders, key players and major actors are, and what their motivations are in instrumental and expressive conflict situations
5   to learn communication, cognitive bias, decision making and negotiation strategies, leverages, skills, and tools in instrumental and expressive conflict situations (to learn how to manage difficult negotiation situations)
6   to identify how negotiation strategy and practice is implemented by professionals in instrumental and expressive conflict situations
7   to examine the elements and factors affecting and constructing negotiations in instrumental and expressive conflicts
8   to examine if professionals belief in the elements of Dervin s and Shannon-Weaver s theories has an impact on handling instrumental and expressive conflict situations differently
9   to gauge the level of effectiveness of the two theories in the field of conflict resolutions

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Social violence (critical incidents and difficult situations)
2 Major actors, key players and stakeholders Typology: Instrumental and expressive conflict situations (1)
3 Major actors, key players and stakeholders Typology: Instrumental and expressive conflict situations (2)
4 Conflict situations, critical incidents, and difficult situations: Social movements, protest events and demonstrations (1)
5 Conflict situations, critical incidents, and difficult situations: Terrorist and/or criminal hostage/kidnap situations (2)
6 Critical incidents and difficult situations: Barricade/suicide incidents (3)
7 Conflict resolution strategies: Effective negotiation and tactical intervention (1)
8 Case study
9 Conflict resolution strategies: Effective negotiation and tactical intervention (2)
10 Decision making, skills and tools in negotiation strategies/tactics
11 Brenda Dervin's Sense Making Model Shannon-Weaver's Communication Theory
12 Wise and Mistaken Assumptions (lessens) about Conflict and Negotiation
13 Other applications of negotiation: Managing other difficult negotiation situations
14 Case study

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Lewicki, R., J., Saunders, D., M., Minton, J., W., & Barry., B., (2003). Negotiation. NY: McGraw-Hill.
2. Handouts, articles and/or book chapters (will be distributed in advance)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures,
Discussions,
Presentations,
Case studies,
Role playing,
Problem solving,
Leadership.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

In this course, the students will describe and compare;
- social violence (critical incidents and difficult situations),
- instrumental and expressive conflict situations,
- conflict resolutions,
- social movements, protest events, demonstrations,
- terrorist and/or criminal hostage/kidnap situations,
- decision making strategies,
- communication and negotiation strategies, skills and tools,
- ethics in negotiation,
- information exchange,
- problem solving,
- assessing options,
- reaching options and developing agreements,
- Brenda Dervin and Shannon-Weaver s Theories.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.
2. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.
3. All assignments should be submitted on time.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

http://kisi.deu.edu.tr/omur.ozmen
E-mail: omur.ozmen@deu.edu.tr
Ofis: 113

Office Hours

will be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 12 3 36
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 151

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.251553555
LO.351553553
LO.451553543
LO.551553545
LO.655555555
LO.755555555
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