Conflict Resolution Building Bridges, Corwin Press
by Neil H. Katz and John W. Lawyer

In this, the first of three volumes on conflict resolution for school administrators, two foremost authorities on the top give you the critical knowledge you need to handle conflict constructively and creatively.  Katz and Lawyer explore the nature of conflict and its principal sources.  They suggest helpful attitudes for framing conflict and offer a process for defusing conflict at an interpersonal level or small group level.

Resolving Conflict Successfully, Corwin Press
by Neil H. Katz and John W. Lawyer

In the second of this three-part series, Katz and Lawyer present the core skills essential for managing conflict and negotiating differences.  The conflict resolution model and process provide an effective framework for managing conflict and negotiating solutions that are acceptable to the parties involved.

Preventing and Managing Conflict in Schools, Corwin Press
by Neil H. Katz and John W. Lawyer

In the third part of this series, the authors focus on processes for preventing conflict through effective human interaction.  Five specific approaches are introduced that enable constructive human interaction:  agreement management, facilitation, immediacy, consensus decision-making, and mediation.

Communication and Conflict Management Skills, Kendall/Hunt Publishing
by Neil H. Katz and John W. Lawyer

This is the seminal work in interpersonal skills training.  Dr. Neil Katz and John W. Lawyer present numerous invaluable frameworks for learning such skills as:  active listening, problem solving, conflict management, assertion, and feedback.

Communication Skills for Ministry, Kendall/Hunt Publishing
by Neil H. Katz and John W. Lawyer

This text enables individuals and teams, dedicated to helping others, develop strong communication and conflict management skills.  It provides ample opportunities to enhance interpersonal skills, and consequently, your effectiveness.  This in an invaluable resource for training and development programs.

Nameless Organizational Change, Talwood/Craig Publishing
by Glenn Allen-Meyer with Neil H. Katz





 

 
Interpersonal Communication and Conflict Management Skills Workshop: A Training Guide for Workshop Leaders and Facilitators.  by Neil H. Katz and the Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts, Maxwell School, Syracuse University

This booklet is designed to be a teaching guide for trainers for a generic workshop in interpersonal and small group communication and conflict management skills.  The specific skills emphasized in this booklet are reflective listening, problem solving, assertion, and conflict management of needs and values.

Book Chapters

"Evaluation Research on Nonviolent Action."  Perspectives in Nonviolence.  V.K. Kool, ed., Springer-Verlog Publishers, 1990.

"Communication and Conflict Management Skills." (with John Lawyer) A Peace Reader. Joseph Fahey and Richard Armstrong, editors, Paulist Press, 1988.

"Nonviolent Protest and Third Party Public Opinion."  (with John Hunt) Citizen Participation in Science Policy.  James Petersen, editor, University of Massachusetts Press, 1984, pp. 215-28.

"An Alternative to Violence:   Nonviolent Struggle for Change."  (with Kathleen Uhler) Prevention and Control of Aggression.  Arnold Goldstein, editor, Pergamon Press, 1983, pp. 273-98.

"Nonviolent Struggle in Albany, Georgia."  (with John Hunt) Nonviolent Action and Social Change.  Severyn T. Bruyn and Paula Rayman, editors, Irvington Press (John Wiley), 1979, pp. 128-46.

"Pragmatists and Visionaries in the Post World War II American Peace Movement:  SANE and CNVA."  (with Milton Katz) Doves and Diplomats:  Foreign Offices and Peace Movements in Europe and America in the 20th Century.  Soloman Wank, editor, Greenwood Press, Inc., 1978, pp. 265-88.  Contribution in Political Science Series.

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