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level and hostage/barricade encounters on an organizational level. Lecture, expert
demonstration, and interactive negotiation with role play will provide an experiential
learning environment for understanding and applying active listening skills, empathy,
rapport, influence, and behavioral change concepts to conflict and crisis situations.
Offered fall.
MACS 6643 – Social Aspects of Terrorism
This course will examine a wide range of different cultures and societies with a special
emphasis placed upon political violence. Regions explored are: Basque country,
Chechnya, Colombia, Northern Ireland, Palestine, Sri Lanka, and Zimbabwe. Of particular
importance are the dimensions of terrorism, trauma, and violence through an
understanding of colonialism, discourse, history, material culture, media, rebellion,
revolution, and separatism. Additionally, the course will focus upon the causes of 9/11
and the recent fomentation of international terrorism. By exploring the subject of
terrorism form an anthropological perspective will demonstrate the complexities and
various interpretations concerning the political uses through the appreciation of
interdisciplinary analysis.
MACS 6644 – Consulting with Leaders in Organizational Conflict: A Four Framed
Approach
Studies clearly show that successful leaders of twenty-first century organizations need to
make sense of complex conflict situations before taking action. This course combines
theory and practice to equip students to assist organizational leaders in developing both
diagnostic and behavioral sophistication by using multiple frames before taking action.
Participants will engage in classroom learning, on-line assistance, and leadership
coaching with a client and organization of their own choosing.
MACS 6645 – Indigenous Systems of Conflict Resolution
This course is designed to make contributions to the field by exploring the processes of
conflict resolution and peacemaking as practiced by the indigenous communities around
the world. Class members will engage in an in
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depth exploration of techniques of
peacemaking, as practiced in various parts of the world.
MACS 6646 – The Anthropology of Peace and Conflict
This course will explore the social dynamics of disputing and undertaking detailed
examinations of specific cases. By examining diverse expressions of conflict and different
means of controlling it, students will deepen their understanding of conflict analysis and
broaden their perspectives on how disputes can be managed. Course topics will include
the cooperative and aggressive components of human nature, the social construction of
violence, genocide, and war, and the relationship between conflict resolution, social
control, inequality, and justice.
MACS 6647 – Risk Management for Organizations
This course examines risks across all types of organizations, including healthcare. The
course will outline various types of risk exposures including pure, operational, project,
technical, business and political. Students will learn how to develop a systemic risk
management program for any organization through risk identification, qualitative impact
analysis, quantitative impact analysis, risk response planning, and risk monitoring.
MACS 6648 – Researching Conflict
In this course, students and instructors will together conceptualize, design and carry out
a mixed methods research study on a topic connected to violence. The students and
instructors will decide on a research problem to be studied. The goal of the elective is to
