Maslo and his ascending needs provide a base line for comparing where each party is and where each wishes to end. Resolution Resolution theory is a special branch of Essential Needs. In resolution theory, the focus of all mediation is on dispute resolution with the premise that violence and conflict need to be avoided or resolved. While rather ill suited to the mediation of a personal injury claim, it works extremely well in mediating partnership disputes. This kind of resolution is ideal for internal problems where the goal is smooth operation, not justice.
Resolution based mediation is essentially what military law and cooperative internal policy runs on.
Not what is just, but what can be done to resolve this problem and keep the operation moving forward toward its basic goal, be it deterrence, global domination or meeting a product deadline. In one branch it is extremely naturalistic, but in all applications it treats mediation as part of the essential nature of man at his best. Natural Law mediation is an attempt to incorporate the structure of the philosophy of natural law into the definition of mediation. An interventionist seeks conflicts and situations to which mediation may be applied in pursuit of greater fairness. This process inserts the mediator into a situation the mediator views as requiring change and the mediator is an active value holder in the process.