LB5525 - Conflict and Dispute Analysis
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | School of Law Office |
This subject will focus on equipping students with the analytical skills necessary to deal with conflict and dispute situations. Students will undertake critical analysis of a range of conflict and dispute situations in order to develop a deeper level of understanding of the processes of conflict analysis and the selection of appropriate conflict interventions and management strategies.
Learning Outcomes
- understand the forces that operate in the field of conflict and dispute transformation and resolution;
- begin to build a set of practical skills in relation to the analysis of conflict, including conflict mapping and process design, conflict intervention selection and conflict management systems;
- understand the range of conflict analysis and management skills necessary to manage complex forms of conflict successfully.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to appraise information critically;
- The ability to use independent judgment to synthesise information to make intellectual and/or creative advances;
- The ability to think laterally and be original;
- The ability to conceptualise problems;
- The ability to conceptualise and evaluate a range of potential solutions to relevant problems;
- The ability to encompass and use methods and conceptual advances in areas of knowledge cognate to their central area(s) of expertise;
- The potential to lead and contribute to projects effectively and efficiently.
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | LB5502 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Limited, Study Period 4 | |
| Census Date 15-Mar-2012 | |
| Face to face teaching 24-Feb-2012 to 11-Mar-2012 (24 - 26 February and 9 - 11 March.) | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Sam Hardy |
| Lecturer: | Miss Judith Herrmann. |
| Contact hours: |
|
| Assessment: | essays (50%); discussion paper (30%); online participation (20%). |
| External, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 22-Mar-2012 | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Sam Hardy |
| Lecturer: | Miss Judith Herrmann. |
| Contact hours: |
|
| Assessment: | essays (50%); discussion paper (30%); online participation (20%). |
| Townsville, Limited, Study Period 8 | |
| Census Date 16-Aug-2012 | |
| Non-standard start/end 20-Jul-2012 to 28-Sep-2012 | |
| Face to face teaching 20-Jul-2012 to 05-Aug-2012 (20 - 22 July and 3 - 5 August.) | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Sam Hardy |
| Lecturer: | Miss Judith Herrmann. |
| Contact hours: |
|
| Assessment: | essays (50%); discussion paper (30%); online participation (20%). |
| Cairns, Block, Study Period 5 | |
| Census Date 03-May-2012 | |
| Non-standard start/end 30-Mar-2012 to 15-Jun-2012 | |
| Face to face teaching 30-Mar-2012 to 20-Apr-2012 (Two intensive blocks: 30/31 March and 18 - 20 April 2012) | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Sam Hardy |
| Lecturer: | Miss Judith Herrmann. |
| Contact hours: |
|
| Assessment: | essays (50%); discussion paper (30%); online participation (20%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.