Melnichenko R.G. Modes of Thinking in Mediation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15688/lc.jvolsu.2019.1.2
Roman G. Melnichenko, Candidate of Sciences (Jurisprudence), Associate Professor, Leading Researcher of the Institute of Law, Volgograd State University, Prosp. Universitetsky, 100, 400062 Volgograd, Russian Federation, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2496-1511
Introduction: based on the scientific works of psychologist Edward de Bono, the paper demonstrates the possibility of applying the concept of “modes of thinking” in mediation. Using the experience of legal and psychological science, the author sets the goal to show the prospects of introducing mediation technologies based on the mode approach. The author sets the task to study the use of the modes of thinking at different stages of mediation procedures. Methods: the methodological framework for the research is a set of the following methods of scientific knowledge: the comparative and scientific method, the systematic method and the method of analysis. Results: the author proposes the algorithm of introducing modes of thinking in the paradigm of the mediator. Conclusions: the presented mode approach in dealing with a conflict in the framework of mediation procedures as a theoretically developed and tested model can be recommended to mediators for developing their professional skills.
Key words: mediation, technology, modes of thinking, Edward de Bono, thinking hats, identification of the mode of thinking, selection of the mode of thinking.
Citation. Melnichenko R.G. Modes of Thinking in Mediation. Legal Concept, 2019, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 15-22. (in Russian). DOI: https://doi.org/10.15688/lc.jvolsu.2019.1.2