CAPS 501: Conflict Analysis and Collaborative Problem Solving
This
team-taught, two-week intensive workshop introduces the program's core
concepts applied to contexts and cases. It employs conflict analysis
discussions and interactive simulations to work with concepts such as
underlying interests, unstated perceptions, vertical and horizontal
intra-organizational bargaining, causes and cures of resisteance,
positional negotiations, and cooperative problem solving, and relevant
technical constraints and capabilities. (2)
CAPS 520: Negotiating and Mediating
Through
the application of theoretical frameworks and analysis of case studies
in a workshop setting, this course provides practice in identifying
strategies for potentially preventing as well as managing conflict. In
particular, it will consider negotiating techniques as well as various
roles for mediators. It emphasizes the identification of collaboration
methods that can produce mutually beneficial outcomes and the
development of communication and group facilitation skills. The course
amply employs interactive learning strategies. (4)
CAPS 530: Cultural Contexts
In today's complex human environments, everyone working within an organization should develop an awareness of how basic cultural assumptions deeply affect behavior and perceptions. Since leadership capabilities include identifying cultural perceptions, the course covers academic concepts useful in assessing how diverse groups react and interact; such as, cultural relativity or ethnocentrism, and the processes of enculturation, acculturation, assimilation, and syncretism. Discussions will include case studies of each concept.(2)
CAPS 580: Supervised Field Placement
As apprenticeships, these full-time professional experiences at the heart of the CAPS program will be supported at two levels, by a field supervisor at the placement site, and by a CRI Field Placement Supervisor. (12)
CAPS 599: Summary Seminar
In this interactive seminar, participants will reconsider the program's core concepts introduced in CAPS 501 as informed by their intensive field experiences. Also, each participant will engage in planning a project of her/his choice and prepare a relevant proposal. (4)
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