MANAGING CONFLICT IN ATTC PROJECTS
摘要
IntroductionFrom time to time in joint Sino-British ELT Projects there is conflict.This is not unusual.Conflict isinevitable in all areas of life no matter how you try to avoid it.Often it is tempting to try and ignoreconflict in the hope that it will go away.However,the practical way of approaching the problem ofconflict in general and Advanced Teacher Training Course (ATTC) Projects in particular is to thinkof it as a positive opportunity for beneficial change;even though conflict is an opposition of interestsit is not necessarily synonymous with hostility.It only manifests itself as hostility when both sideschoose opposing positions and are unwilling to negotiate from them.Such hostility is often the resultof a personality clash.In this paper I will focus on identifying some of the cultural causes of intra-project,non-academic,administrative and managerial disputes in ATTC Projects and consider howsuch disagreements can be prevented through simple and effective negotiation.