Conflict Management - From Confrontation to Collaboration

TitleTimeRoomTeacher
Conflict Management27.01.2025 09:00 - 17:00 (Mon)TUM Graduate School: Boltzmannstraße 17, 85748 Garching bei München, Room 101Monika Palacios
Conflict Management28.01.2025 09:00 - 17:00 (Tue)TUM Graduate School: Boltzmannstraße 17, 85748 Garching bei München, Room 101Monika Palacios
Keywords: 
Conflict dynamics, Harvard Negotiation Project, Conflict analysis (Schwarz), Thomas Kilmann Instrument, Conflict facilitation roadmap, Clashing personality types (Riemann), Listening skills and change of perspective, Solution-oriented questions
Course Description: 

Different personalities, goals or strategy preferences, different communication styles or behavior can lead to misunderstanding and conflict, to name just a few. More often than not, the results are time- consuming and destructive. Over time, motivation and performance levels of those involved may drop and gradually the situation becomes more difficult to resolve by reaching an understanding or consensus.

With key competencies for successful conflict resolution like using change of perspective, conflict analysis and self-management tools you can turn each confrontation into a constructive process.

Course aims: 
  • Learn to analyze and understand conflict and conflict dynamics with relevant models
  • Experience differences between competitive and co-operative negotiation
  • Get to know five conflict styles and apply the knowledge to cases
  • Change perspective. Understand and empathize with conflict partner
  • Acquire a flexible and goal oriented style when dealing with conflict
  • Raise awareness for self management tools
  • Communication techniques applicable and a general roadmap for professional conflict facilitation
Teaching methods: 

Trainer input, demonstrations, exercises, role-play activities, problem-solving activities, real-life case studies, group discussions

This course fits doctoral candidates in the following phase: 

During the doctorate │ at the end of the doctorate

Participation requirements: 

None.

Technical requirements: 

None.

Course preparation: 

You will receive a pre-course questionnaire in order to prepare for the course.

Pre-course reading assignment: Patterson K, Grenny J, McMillan R, Switzler A (2005) Crucial Confrontations. Tools for Resolving Broken Promises, Violated Expectations, and Bad Behavior. McGraw-Hill, New York.

Additional information: 

None.

What participants say about this course: 
  • The good atmosphere and examples from real situations to apply the tools learned.
  • Ambience set by trainer. Clear goal setting and enough time for questions.
  • Practical examples. Participation and involvment of the students.
Category: 
Fachübergreifende Veranstaltung
Event type: 
Seminar/Workshop
Organizer: 
Graduate School Geschäftsstelle
Responsibility for event: 
Hauptverantwortung
Format: 
In Präsenz
Course Language: 
EN
Course Capacity (Max): 
12
Course capacity (Min): 
1
Duration in hours: 
14
Financial contribution: 
40 Euro
Trainer: 
Monika Palacios

Monika Palacios studied Theology before going on to gain an MA in Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Psycholinguistics and Intercultural Communication as well as additional qualifications in the fields of Commercial Mediation, Collaborative Practice, the Graves Values System and Systemic Supervision and Consulting. She is also a certified trainer and speech therapist. Before founding her own company Creative Dialogue, she managed an adult education institution in the medical-therapeutic sector and spent 15 years as an editor for the Springer publishing house in Heidelberg. She has gained international experience in Luxembourg, Belgium, France, Switzerland, the UK, Bolivia, the USA, Israel and Palestine. As a consultant, coach, trainer, facilitator and mediator, she empowers individuals, (international) teams and organizations engaged in change processes to develop their values, to unlock their full potential, to constructively resolve conflicts, to manage changes creatively and productively and, ultimately, to achieve their goals. She also lectures at a number of universities both in Germany and abroad. She lives in Munich.