Intermediaries (or "third parties") are people, organizations, or nations who enter a conflict to try to help the parties de-escalate or resolve it.
Walton has presented a statement of theory and practice for third-party peace making interventions that is important in its own right and important for its role in organization development.
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3. Third Party Peace Making
• Intermediaries (or "third
parties") are people,
organizations, or nations who
enter a conflict to try to help
the parties de-escalate or
resolve it.
• Walton has presented a
statement of theory and
practice for third-party peace
making interventions that is
important in its own right and
important for its role in
organization development.
4. WALTON’S MODEL IS BASED ON FOUR
ELEMENTS
• The conflict issues.
• Precipitating
circumstances.
• Conflict relevant acts.
• The consequences of
the conflict.
5. WALTON’S HAS OUTLINED THE INGREDIENTS
OF A PRODUCTIVE CONFRONTATION
• Mutual positive motivation.
• Balance of power.
• Synchronization of confrontation efforts.
• Differentiation and integration of different
phases of the intervention must be well paced.
• Conditions that promote openness should be
created.
• Reliable communicative signals.
• Optimum tension in the situation .