Body Welcome to COMM 409. Its purpose is to make you more sensitive to both the nature of conflict and the possibilities for resolving it.
Conflict can occur in settings ranging from intrapersonal to international.
We will talk in passing about all types of conflict and all settings for it, but will be concentrating on interpersonal conflict, especially as it appears in small groups, dyads, and families. We will also discuss organizational conflict, usually from the vantage point of small groups or dyads. The text for this course is Joseph P. Folger, Marshall Scott Poole, and Randall K. Stuttman, Working through conflict , 3d. edition, 1997. I have used this book before, both in this edition and in earlier ones. It is thorough and its authors have excellent scholarly judgment.