Introduction to conflict studies and conflict diagnostics
- Game: “Defining Conflict”
- Core conflict concepts and causes, conflict types, and escalation
- Group exercise on analysing different conflict situations and identifying the type and level of conflict
Conflict management strategies
- Thomas-Kilmann conflict management strategies questionnaire
- Overview of conflict management strategies — avoidance, accommodation, compromise, competition, and collaboration — and their application in different situations
- Role plays on applying different strategies in assigned conflict scenarios
High-intensity conflict situations
- Game: “Conflict Triggers”
- De-escalation techniques and management of high-intensity conflicts, including emotionally charged conflict situations
- Group discussion and review of completed role plays, development of an action plan for de-escalation
Psychological aspects of conflict
- Game: “Who Am I?”
- Psychological aspects of conflict, the impact of personality and communication style on conflict, and working with inadequate or mentally unstable counterparts
- The power of habit: how we respond to conflict
- Individual self-reflection exercises and assessment of one’s conflict management style, followed by discussion of the results in the group