Conflict Management Consultants

an Affiliate of Burk & Landrum. P.A.

►DISPUTE RESOLUTION SERVICES

AMERICORD provides a wide range of dispute resolution services through a panel of specially trained and experienced professional neutrals.  Services include:

• Mediation:  Negotiations facilitated by a third party neutral to settle disputes currently in litigation or headed to litigation if not resolved.
• Arbitration:  Final and binding decisions without appeal rendered by an arbitrator selected by the parties.
• Private Business Court®:  A private trial for complex business disputes with appealable outcomes utilizing Minnesota's "Consensual Special Magistrate" procedure.
• Facilitated Dialogue:  Structured discussions to manage conflict situations before they generate lawsuits, bitter regulatory battles or ill-considered legislation.
• Custom Designed Processes:  Specially tailored procedures for special needs, such as multi-party partnering workshops, pre-or post-merger/acquisition dispute management or dispute resolution process selection conferences.

 ►CONFLICT CONTROL SYSTEM (CCS) CONSULTING SERVICES

Through a multi-disciplinary network of consultants AMERICORD assists business organizations to develop a comprehensive, integrated Conflict Control System (CCS) to effectively deal with business conflicts generated by a wide range of interactions.  Particular products focus on various aspects of conflict.  For example, they may be designed to:

• Avoid potential conflicts by refraining from undertaking the contemplated business activity once a probable risk/return study is complete.
• Prevent identifiable future conflicts through such strategies as negotiated risk shifting and insurance coverage.
• Manage conflicts that can be neither avoider nor prevented by instituting early intervention procedures designed to minimize disruption and resolution transaction costs.
• Resolve specific disputes generated by conflicts using the most efficient and cost-effective tools, ranging from mediation to arbitration to "rent-a-judge" programs.

 ►HUMAN RESOURCES CONSULTING SERVICES

The AMERICORD network includes consultants with extensive experience and specific expertise in:

• Human Resources policies and procedures and employee handbooks.
• Training and Education program design and presentation, including the full range of Inscape Publishing's personal and professional development tools.
• Employee and Labor Relations policies, procedures and programs; administration of collective bargaining agreements.
• Compensation program design and administration.