Professional Skills: Assessing Conflict
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Professional Skills: Assessing Conflict
This course is part of Professional Skills: Conflict Management and Negotiation Specialization
Instructor: Tyler Galarneau
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What you'll learn
Identify the nature and causes of various conflicts
Recognize and interpret different reactions to conflict
Develop active listening and questioning techniques to understand underlying interests
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March 2026
4 assignments
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There are 5 modules in this course
Develop the skills to recognize and understand conflict before it escalates. This course helps you identify conflict types, assess reactions, and apply effective resolution strategies.
Conflict is unavoidable, but managing it effectively starts with knowing how to assess it. Assessing Conflict, developed by ASUβs Sandra Day OβConnor College of Law, equips professionals with the tools to evaluate the nature, causes, and potential responses to conflict in workplace. You'll explore practical frameworks for identifying conflict, understanding its dynamics, and navigating interpersonal and institutional disputes. Through interactive exercises, self-reflection, and real-world scenarios, you'll learn how to listen actively, ask strategic questions, and anticipate reactions to create more constructive outcomes. Whether you're addressing team tensions or organizational challenges, this course gives you a foundational conflict assessment toolkit to respond with clarity and confidence.
This module introduces you to the fundamental aspects of conflict, helping you understand its various causes and manifestations. You will learn to identify different types of conflicts and assess their underlying dynamics, which is crucial for effective resolution. By exploring real-world scenarios and practical tools, this module will equip you with the foundational knowledge needed to approach conflict situations with clarity and insight.
What's included
1 assignment7 plugins
1 assignmentβ’Total 10 minutes
- Quiz: Identifying the nature of conflictβ’10 minutes
7 pluginsβ’Total 47 minutes
- Identifying the nature of conflict: Causes and resourcesβ’7 minutes
- Identifying the nature of conflict: Assessing relevant conflictsβ’4 minutes
- Practice the solution: Assessing relevant conflictsβ’10 minutes
- Job aid: Conflict typesβ’3 minutes
- Reflect on the solution: Identifying the nature of conflictβ’10 minutes
- Widely misunderstood and often missed: Key takeawaysβ’3 minutes
- Apply the solution: Identifying conflictsβ’10 minutes
Understanding how individuals and groups react to conflict is a critical skill for effective conflict management. This module will guide you through recognizing and interpreting different emotional and behavioral responses to conflict. You will learn to identify common reaction patterns, assess their impact, and develop strategies to navigate these reactions constructively, fostering a more productive environment for resolution.
What's included
1 assignment7 plugins
1 assignmentβ’Total 10 minutes
- Quiz: Recognizing reactions to conflictβ’10 minutes
7 pluginsβ’Total 46 minutes
- Recognizing reactions to conflict: Causes and resourcesβ’5 minutes
- Recognizing reactions to conflict: Assessing reactions to conflict β’5 minutes
- Practice the solution: Assessing reactions to conflictβ’10 minutes
- Job aid: Different reactions to conflictsβ’3 minutes
- Reflect on the solution: Recognizing reactions to conflictβ’10 minutes
- Assessment and anticipation: Key takeawaysβ’3 minutes
- Apply the solution: Recognizing reactions to conflictsβ’10 minutes
Active listening is a cornerstone of effective conflict resolution, enabling you to uncover the true interests and needs behind stated positions. In this module, you will develop advanced active listening skills, learning to listen purposefully and empathetically. By mastering these techniques, you will be able to understand what others truly mean, even when their words may suggest otherwise, paving the way for more meaningful and sustainable solutions.
What's included
1 assignment7 plugins
1 assignmentβ’Total 10 minutes
- Quiz: Listening actively for interestsβ’10 minutes
7 pluginsβ’Total 45 minutes
- Listening actively for interests: Causes and resourcesβ’5 minutes
- Listening actively for interests: Listening actively and purposefully β’4 minutes
- Practice the solution: Listening actively and purposefullyβ’10 minutes
- Job aid: Listening actively and purposefullyβ’3 minutes
- Reflect on the solution: Listening actively for interestsβ’10 minutes
- What they say and what it means: Key takeawaysβ’3 minutes
- Apply the solution: Listening actively for interestsβ’10 minutes
Asking the right questions is an art that can unlock deeper understanding and facilitate breakthroughs in conflict situations. This module will teach you how to formulate insightful questions that build towards a comprehensive understanding of the conflict. You will learn to balance different question types and use them strategically to gather information, clarify perspectives, and guide discussions towards constructive outcomes.
What's included
1 assignment7 plugins
1 assignmentβ’Total 10 minutes
- Quiz: Asking questionsβ’10 minutes
7 pluginsβ’Total 45 minutes
- Asking questions: Causes and resourcesβ’5 minutes
- Asking questions: Building to the right questionsβ’4 minutes
- Practice the solution: Building to the right questionsβ’10 minutes
- Job aid: Starting with open-ended questionsβ’3 minutes
- Reflect on the solution: Asking questionsβ’10 minutes
- Balance statements and questions types: Key takeawaysβ’3 minutes
- Apply the solution: Asking questionsβ’10 minutes
This concluding module provides an opportunity to provide feedback on your learning experience and acknowledge your successful completion of the course, preparing you to apply your new skills in real-world scenarios.
What's included
1 reading1 plugin
1 readingβ’Total 3 minutes
- End of course surveyβ’3 minutes
1 pluginβ’Total 3 minutes
- End of course surveyβ’3 minutes
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