Course Readings: What Value?

This course includes four books and a variety of articles.  What readings were particularly useful?  Why?  In what ways?  What readings seemed less relevant?  Why?  How so?  In this section, comments on what you learned (or did not learn) from the class reading materials.

Third Parties, Mediation, and Facilitation

What roles do third parties play in international conflict and negotiation situations?  What do course readings suggest?  Should a third party role be included in some simulations?  What "real world" conflict situations (e.g., Syria, Iran, North Korea) call for some third party role?

International business negotiations: Ideas, Questions, and Insights

What are important aspects of international business negotiations?  What insights stand out from course readings, the second simulation, web sources, experience, etc.?  What major challenges do international business negotiators encounter?  What cultural factors warrant attention?

The "Going International" Video and the First Simulation - Does Culture Matter?

Consider the reading material, video and lecture material, and the first simulation.  Is "culture" a significant part of any international negotiation?  Do the ideas in the "Going International" video apply today?  Did the first simulation include cultural factors?

Welcome to the OSU blog on International Conflict and Negotiation

This site provides an opportunity for members of COMM 446 and COMM 546 (Communication in International Conflict and Disputes) to discuss ideas from class activities, readings, and simulations.  I will post discussion topics throughout the term.  You are welcome to do so as well.  These discussions are student-centered rather than teacher/professor centered.  I will participate, but this blog features your ideas.

Sustainable Development Team Reports

The Sustainable Development Team reports from Monday night are posted on the course Blackboard sites.  Read through them.  Consider these questions:
1.  What in these reports stands out about negotiation?
2.  What in these reports stands out about culture?
3. As you consider these projects, what are important cultural considerations?