Otto Federico von Feigenblatt. 12/4/2021. “
Mediation for management: Dealing with Conflict in the Workplace.” InnOvaciOnes de NegOciOs , 18, 35, Pp. 113-119 .
Abstract
Dealing with conflict is an important part of the process of management; however few managers have received formal training in conflict analysis and resolution methods. Mediation, the process of a neutral third party helping parties in a dispute come to a mutually acceptable solution to a dispute is a non-coercive process that can increase job satisfaction, lower employee turnover, and improve the quality of decision making in an organization. Therefore the present paper argues in favor of integrating mediation as part of the core functions of management and as part of a systemic strategy to deal with conflict in the workplace.
mediationformanagement-otto.pdf Otto Federico von Feigenblatt, Reginald Dennis Calderon, and Malcolm Cooper. 10/21/2021. “
Teaching Negotiation in the Business Sector: Methods, Models, and Challenges.” Journal of Business and Entrepreneurial Studies, E1.
AbstractThe present paper explores the different methods, models, and challenges of teaching negotiation in the business sector. Particular attention is paid to the challenges brought about by borrowing methods and techniques borrowed from the fields of law and conflict analysis and resolution. A problem-based approach is favored as a way to make negotiation less theoretical and more pragmatic. The integration of communication and problem-solving techniques as part of the negotiation curriculum is also recommended and a case study of the application of the Buzan mind-mapping technique as part of integrative negotiation is explored in detail. Moreover, certain best practices borrowed from applied anthropology are also operationalized to deal with cultural and social differences in business negotiation.
263-default.genres.article-1411-1-10-20211025.pdf Otto Federico von Feigenblatt, Phillip Dean Pardo, and Malcolm Cooper. 7/24/2021. “
Sufficiency Economy Philosophy (SEP): Thailand’s Emic Approach to Governance and Development as Evidence of an Asian-value Oriented Inclusive Leadership Management Philosophy.” Journal of Asia Pacific Studies, 6, 2, Pp. 289-300.
AbstractThailand has been at the core of the Asian Values debate since the 1992 World Conference on Human Rights held in Vienna. Sufficiency Economy Philosophy (SEP) is an approach developed by the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej to condense and operationalize his approach to governance and development during the last two decades of his seventy year reign. Integrating values borrowed from Theravada Buddhism such as benevolence, emphasis on the middle way, and an emphasis on the public good, SEP is one of the most highly developed alternative approaches to development and governance in the Asian region. During his seventy- year reign, King Bhumibol Adulyadej saw thirty prime ministers come and go as well as over eighteen revised constitutions. Nevertheless, the country remained relatively peaceful and stable and the core pillars of Nation, Monarchy, and Religion provided continuity for the people throughout the upheavals of the Cold War and the new millennium. SEP has shown resiliency and flexibility to deal with a vast array of challenges both domestic and foreign. The present study explores the development of SEP with a particular focus on the role of values and leadership styles. SEP provides evidence of an actually existing Asian-value oriented inclusive leadership style that is practiced in both the private and the public sectors. A tentative model of SEP as a management style is provided and subjected to critical analysis.
sep_von_feigenblatt_and_cooper.pdf Otto Federico von Feigenblatt, Phillip Dean Pardo, and Malcolm Cooper. 6/30/2021. “
The "Bad Students" Movement and Human Rights in Contemporary Thailand.” Revista Ciencias Sociales y Económicas - UTEQ, 5, 1, Pp. 174-194.
Publisher's VersionAbstractThe present paper explores the role of the “Bad Students” Movement in Thailand’s pro-democracy protests. Local issues such as the social studies curriculum, school uniforms, and disciplinary measures in the public school system, are presented by the “Bad Students” Movement as a humanrights issue. The discourse used by the Group is deconstructed so as to identify some of the problems posed by the use of the broader human rights language to challenge strongly held mores and norms of the Thai education system.
428-texto_del_articulo-858-1-10-20210701_1.pdf Otto Federico von Feigenblatt, Phillip Dean Pardo, and Malcolm Cooper. 4/28/2021. “
Corporatism and Benevolent Authoritarianism: Viable Antidotes to Populism.” Journal of Alternative Perspectives in the Social Sciences, 11, 1, Pp. 73-98.
AbstractThe instability of liberal democracies both in Europe and in the Americas partly brought about by the COVID-19 Pandemic has shown the limits of this construct in terms of protecting the core values of liberalism itself, such as freedom of speech and the protection of private property. Riots in the United States, vandalism in several European countries, and the attempts by the media and big technology corporations to suppress free speech can be contrasted to the relative stability and calm of Asian countries with corporatist systems and with different varieties of benevolent authoritarianism. The present paper argues that an emerging Asian model combining aspects of corporatism, increasing professional engagement throughout society, and benevolent authoritarianism has shown greater resilience and greater success in protecting the core values that liberal democracies are supposed to be based on, than the open systems favored by the West.
corporatismpdffinal.pdf Otto Federico von Feigenblatt. 3/21/2021. “
Human Trafficking in Thailand: The Complex Contextual Factors.” Journal of Asia Pacific Studies, 6, 1, Pp. 137-146.
AbstractThe present exploratory paper tackles the issue of human trafficking in Thailand. Southeast Asia is a region known as both a recipient and as an exporter of trafficked workers. It is important to understand the pull and the push factors making Thailand an important destination and conduit for human trafficking. The fishing and sex industries seem to be at the center of this phenomenon nevertheless the practice can also be found in rubber plantations and in some factories. A critical theory approach is applied and cultural context is provided so as to understand this complex phenomenon
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