Tag: Dual Concern Model

  • Intention and Assertion in Conflict

    Intention and Assertion in Conflict

    I did a presentation on conflict back in May this year wherein I spent time explaining the dual concern model. At the end of the presentation there was a question and answer session. One of the attendees asked how she could be move from the side of the model where she avoided conflict to the…

  • The Problem with Problem Solving

    The Problem with Problem Solving

    As a scholar in the field of conflict I spend a lot of time analyzing the dual concern model. One of the basic ideas of this model is that the actors in a conflict determine how important their goals are in relation to the other party’s concern for or against the same goal. Basically you are…