Marriage and Commitment: Factors That Contribute to Marital Success
Nobody can ensure a long-term marriage, but a relationship based on qualities like compatibility, flexibility, and emotional support has a greater chance for success. It is critical for a couple to remember why they married in the first place, and ...
Conflict Resolution Strategies
An increasing number of organizations are setting up formal systems to enable people to bring their conflicts into the open and to prevent tension from building beneath the surface. An open and direct approach which encourages communication between ...
Conflict and Change Case Study: Mercy Hospital and Medical Center
Employees at most hospitals deal with conflict either by suffering in silence and allowing the conflict to fester, or complaining to superiors and expecting them to solve the problem. Mercy Hospital and Medical Center has instituted a system called ...
Dating: Qualities of Relationships That Stand the Test of Time
Relationships that stand the test of time have qualities that set them apart. The most important traits are commitment, having a long-term view of the relationship; a sense of companionship; communication, the ability to express themselves in a co...
Managing Organizational Conflict Case Study: CNN
The ongoing fact of life at CNN is that an enormous amount of news has to be gathered and prepared for broadcast quickly on a daily basis. Conflicts sometimes develop because of the tremendous pressure that can arise in that kind of environment. But...
Violence Prevention
Dr. Astrid Heger, Director of the Violence Intervention Program at L.A. County-USC Medical Center, refers to two medical models as she discusses strategies for dealing with the epidemic of violence in the United States. The first of these is the dis...