W04 Midterm Exam: Personal Conflict Analysis Due Sunday by 8:59am Points 100 Submitting a text entry box or a website url Attempts 0 Allowed Attempts 3 Available until Mar 28 at 8:59am The Personal Conflict Analysis constitutes your midterm exam for the course. It gives you a chance to demonstrate your growth in two of the course learning objectives: Analyze basic dynamics of conflict. Approach conflicts with clarity, charity, and respect. Choose a meaningful and destructive conflict you have or have had with another individual or group of people. It should be one you’ve had recently or you’re in currently. Using principles taught in the course, carefully analyze the dynamics of this conflict by responding to each of the questions below. Your task is NOT to solve the conflict, but rather to better understand it. Refer to the rubric to understand how this analysis will be graded. QUESTIONS Conflict Overview – Write a detailed description of the destructive conflict you have chosen. Do your best to step outside the conflict and describe it without justifying yourself. Don’t analyze the conflict (that comes later), just describe it, but be as specific as you can about the details of the conflict. (About 400 words) Conflict Cycle Analysis – As you think about the conflict you’ve identified above, consider the following: How does this conflict correspond with predictable patterns or cycles? What types of incidents seem to repeatedly occur? What boundaries are involved, and how were they drawn? How were those boundaries crossed, and who crossed them (you, them, or both)? What types of resistance were offered? In what ways did anyone surrender (you, them, or both)? How were boundaries redrawn or reinforced? Now, write a detailed description of the ways in which your conflict reflects the cycles of conflict. (About 400 words) Self-Deception Analysis – Again, thinking about the same conflict, consider the following: In what ways have you seen the other person/people in an I-It way (instead of an I-Thou way)? What specific examples of this can you identify? Now, describe and analyze that dynamic and those examples with as much detail as you can without justifying yourself. Write a detailed description of this moment. (About 400 words) Collusion Analysis – The final step is the most difficult (and thus worth the most points). As you now consider the following: How have both of you participated in a collusion cycle—inviting the very things you both are fighting against? What do you see in the other side’s actions? How do you then respond? How do those on the other side of this conflict likely perceive your actions? How do they then respond? Now write a detailed description of the way in which your conflict reflects collusion—how you both invite the very behaviors you are fighting against. Describe how this collusion has helped you justify your own poor perceptions and choices. (About 400 words) Rubric W04 Midterm Exam: Personal Conflict Analysis W04 Midte

W06 Discussion: Final Part 1 - Analyzing the Conflict - PEACE 101 Team 8From PEACE 10144 unread replies.1010 replies.Instead of an individual assignment this week, you will complete two team projects. These projects constitute your Final Exam. They are meant to give your team a chance to demonstrate your mastery of the course concepts. The first part is analyzing a societal conflict.INDIVIDUAL TASKSRead Conflict & Peace Reader, “RefugeesLinks to an external site.” (7 pages). This is a relatively short reading, but the analysis should take significant time and thought. As you study this multifaceted conflict, consider the following questions:Actors – Who are the key groups in the conflict? What are their relative sizes, resources, status, interests, and goals?Positions – What are the demands (and explanations of those demands) that each side makes?Factors – What are the key issues in the conflict? What is at stake (material, psychological, social, structural, etc.) for each side?Dynamics – What is happening in the conflict? What is the state of conflict? (Latent tension? Overt conflict? Power struggle? Violence? Escalation? Deescalation?) How does the conflict fit the conflict cycle? (Encroachment? Resistance? Surrender? Demarcation?)Collusion – How do the participants justify their actions within the conflict? How does the other side see those actions? In which box does each side seem to be?Take notes as you read. In addition to the questions above and consider the questions your team will be discussing (see below).Share your initial notes and insights on the discussion board early.Access the team's shared Google Doc (see instructions below).Contribute to the discussion board (and the Google Doc) to help the team arrive at a consensus about how to describe the conflict and answer the activity's questions.LEADER TASKS — ONLY the current Team Leader completes the following:Initiate the Conversation by making an initial post inviting early and inviting every member of the team to share their individual notes and insights.Help guide the discussion board conversation to arrive at a the best analysis of the conflict.Create a shared Google Doc (following instructions below) where the team can cooperatively write responses to questions below.Oversee the writing of a common response to each question.Submit the final agreed-upon responses by copying and pasting them from the Google Doc into the text box in W06 Final Exam: Part 1 - Analyzing the Conflict.CREATING A SHARED GOOGLE DOC — for ONLY the Current Team LeaderGo to the "Collaborations" tab in Canvas, click on "+ Collaboration," and select "Google Drive (LTI 1.3)".Title the new file "Final Part 1 - Analyzing the Conflict".Select your instructor and teammates as collaborators.Click the "Create" button.ACCESSING A SHARED GOOGLE DOC — for ALL team membersGo to the "Collaborations" tab in Canvas.Click on the file entitled "Final Part 1 - Analyzing the Conflict".As a group work on responses to each of the questions below.TEAM INSTRUCTIONSAs a team, write a detailed response to each of the questions below. Check the rubric on W06 Final Exam: Part 1 - Analyzing the Conflict to understand how this activity will be graded. As your team works together to answer each of the prompts, please keep the following in mind for this first part of the Final Exam:Make sure you are correctly applying each concept and answering all elements of each prompt.Be sure to provide good details from the conflict to support your analysis.There is no suggested word count for each question, but each should be thoroughly answered.After your team has completed the activity, the leader—and only the leader—submits this activity on I-Learn by copying and pasting it into the Text Entry box in I-Learn. The grade for the activity will automatically be given to every team member.ACTIVITY QUESTIONSDemands & Reasons – What is the most important thing each side wants and their most important rationale for wanting it.Collusion – How has each side engaged in I-It approaches to relationships in this conflict? How are they in collusion with one another?Challenges – Which three (3) elements of the conflict pose the greatest challenges for transformation of conflict? Explain each factor.Opportunities – Which three (3) elements of the conflict present the best opportunities (potential entrance points) for a peacebuilding effort? Explain each element.Third Side Role – Considering the following six Third Side roles—provider, teacher, bridge-builder, equalizer, healer, and witness—which role makes the most sense for a group such as your team to attempt to intervene in the conflict? Explain your reasoning. NOTE: The roles of arbiter, mediator, referee, and peacekeeper are NOT options for this project.

W02 Activity: Applying Theories of ConflictStart AssignmentDue Sunday by 9:59am Points 50 Submitting a text entry box or a website url Attempts 0 Allowed Attempts 3 Available until Mar 24 at 8:59amLearning to overcome our fear of conflict and see its creative potential takes practice. This activity will give you a chance to apply some of the principles you just learned as you study a conflict in which the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and some LGBTQ rights groups have avoided a destructive cycle or conflict and instead modeled a more creative dynamic.TASKSRead Conflict & Peace Reader, “Religious Liberty & LGBTQ RightsLinks to an external site.” (8 pages).Write a detailed response to each of the questions below. Refer to the rubric to understand how this assignment will be graded.Submit the assignment by copying and pasting it into the text entry box.Review the requirements for the next assignment and formulate a plan to complete them on time.REMEMBERPractice the Wood Principle — if there is any side you don’t agree with, strive to respect, understand, and state its case in the strongest possible way. Also practice the principle Krister Stendahl articulated so well — leave room for “holy envy.”ESSAY QUESTIONSAfter studying the reading, use your knowledge of the key concepts from this module to write detailed answers to each of the following questions:Points of Demarcation – What are the most important boundaries for each side and why are those boundaries important to them? First describe the boundaries that are important to the Church (in about 100 words). Then describe the boundaries that are important to Equality Utah (in about 100 words).Encroachment & Resistance – How does each side encroach across the other side’s boundaries? How does each side resist the encroachment of the other? First describe how groups like Equality Utah encroach over the boundaries that are important to the Church, and how the Church resists (in about 100 words). Then describe how the Church encroaches over the boundaries that are important to Equality Utah, and how Equality Utah resists (in about 100 words).Surrender & Re-Demarcation – How has each side engaged in forms of surrender? In what ways have new boundaries been drawn or old boundaries been reinforced? First describe how the Church has surrendered in the conflict and accepted new boundaries (in about 100 words). Then describe how Equality Utah has surrendered in the conflict and accepted new boundaries (in about 100 words).Conflict Approach & Style – How does each side seem to approach conflict (smog or cocoon)? What is the basic conflict style (avoidance, accommodation, compromise, competition, or problem solving) that each side has adopted in this conflict? First describe the Church's style in this conflict (in about 100 words). Then describe Equality Utah's style in this conflict (in about 100 words).RubricW02 Activity: Applying Theories of ConflictW02 Activity: Applying Theories of ConflictCriteria Ratings PtsThis criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome1. Neutrality & Wood Principle10 ptsCompleteDescriptions of each side's perspective of the conflict are equally represented AND are ones that each side would accept about themselves.8 ptsDevelopingDescriptions of each side's perspective of the conflict are equally represented.6 ptsIncompleteDescriptions of each side's perspective of the conflict are not equally represented.0 ptsAbsentDescriptions contain little or none of each side's perspective.10 ptsThis criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome2. Conflict Cycle Analysis20 ptsCompleteThe analysis correctly connects the conflict to all four aspects of the Conflict Cycle AND identifies details that illustrate moments of creative or destructive choices.16 ptsDevelopingThe analysis correctly connects the conflict to at least three aspects of the Conflict Cycle AND identifies details that illustrate moments of creative or destructive choices.12 ptsIncompleteThe analysis correctly connects the conflict to at least two aspects of the Conflict Cycle OR does not include details that illustrate moments of creative or destructive choices.0 ptsAbsentThe analysis is missing or is incorrect.20 ptsThis criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome3. Conflict Style Analysis10 ptsCompleteThe analysis describes each side's general approach to the conflict AND accurately connects it to a conflict style.8 ptsDevelopingThe analysis describes each side's general approach to the conflict.6 ptsIncompleteThe analysis does not accurately describe each side's general approach to the conflict.0 ptsAbsentThe analysis is missing or does not address the prompt.10 ptsThis criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome4. Writing Style10 ptsCompleteWriting has no detectable patterns of errors that impede understanding of the message.7 ptsDevelopingWriting has errors that impede understanding of the message0 ptsAbsentWriting is incomprehensible.

Consider a work-related experience involving an interpersonal conflict within an organizational context. Describe the conflict, including the individuals involved, the circumstances, and the underlying issues. Employ your analytical skills to analyze the conflict from multiple perspectives. Support your analysis with a reference list consisting of at least five scholarly sources. Additionally, integrate a podcast/speech, or a real-life scenario. Explore the complexity of the conflict and evaluate the factors that contribute to its resolution or escalation. Present your analysis in a structured and coherent manner, demonstrating a high level of analytical thinking

ESSAY QUESTIONSThink of a time in which you were in a conflict with someone. It could involve anything from family disputes, friend dramas, work disagreements, politics, doctrine, culture, etc. With that personal conflict in mind, use your knowledge of the concepts above to write detailed answers to each of the following questions:How did that conflict follow the Conflict Cycle? Describe each step in the cycle as it relates to your conflict. At each step in the conflict, note whether you were making creative or destructive choices. (About 300 words total)Which description—avoidance, management, or resolution—best explains how you approached this conflict? Explain your choice with specific details. (About 100 words)

What is the “classic reason” for conflict?One person is logical and the other is notInterpersonal conflict / personality clashOverlapping rolesExternal pressures