Research Catalog

Title

Negotiating at an uneven table : developing moral courage in resolving our conflicts / Phyllis Beck Kritek.

Author

Kritek, Phyllis Beck, 1943-

Publication

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers, c1994.

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Details

Description

xx, 339 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

• In Negotiating at an Uneven Table Phyllis Beck Kritek explores the process of attempting to resolve conflicts in situations where unacknowledged inequity has an effect on problems and their outcomes. The author draws on her nursing background - from inexperienced student to accomplished dean of nursing - to offer an insightful book interwoven with original poetry, poignant stories, thought-provoking exercises, illustrative parables, and practical recommendations for solving problems and negotiating conflicts with fair and ethical outcomes.
• To help open minds and balance the negotiation process, Kritek outlines ten ways of being that constructively address inequalities and diversity, including committing to personal authenticity, supporting truth telling, and initiating innovative practices. This inspiring book challenges traditional approaches to dealing with inequities at the negotiation table and offers alternatives for reframing the process. While drawing on examples from health care and educational settings, the book is a valuable resource for conflict negotiators, mediators, managers, therapists, social workers, and health care practitioners.

Subject

• Conflict management
• Conflict, Psychological
• Ethics, Medical
• Medical ethics
• Medical personnel and patient
• Negotiation
• Nurse and physician
• Nurse-Patient Relations
• Nursing > Psychological aspects
• Physician-Patient Relations

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-332) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. 1. Creating the Context for a Dialogue. 1. Initiating the Dialogue. 2. Approaching an Uneven Table. 3. The Roots of Our Distortions. 4. Recognizing an Uneven Table. 5. The Persistent Fixation on Dominance Power. 6. Imagining Alternatives. 7. Illusions We Live By. 8. Beyond Appearances -- pt. 2. Traditional Approaches to an Uneven Table. 9. Manipulation as Tradition. 10. Masks of Manipulation. 11. Traditional Methods of Maneuvering. 12. Children at an Uneven Table. 13. Evolution at an Uneven Table. 14. Imagining New Approaches to an Uneven Table -- pt. 3. Constructive Ways of Being at an Uneven Table. 15. The Shift to New Ways of Being. 16. A Model of Paradigm Shifts for the Millennium. 17. Way of Being Number One: Find and Inhabit the Deepest and Surest Human Space That Your Capabilities Permit. 18. Way of Being Number Two: Be a Truth Teller. 19. Way of Being Number Three: Honor Your Integrity, Even at Great Cost.

ISBN

1555426700

LCCN

^^^94027889^

OCLC

30812112

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library