DoDEA Alternative Dispute Resolution Regulation - Misawa Air Base

DoDEA Regulation 1800.01
a. Proactively and constructively manage conflict early and in ways that enhance its creative
potential and minimize its costs in resources and relationships, in order to allow DoDEA to
advance its mission.
b. Provide DoDEA employees with knowledge and skills that will enhance their ability to
handle their own conflict constructively and to assist others in doing so.
c. Develop and use a conflict management system to prevent, identify, and manage conflicts
at early stages, addressing them before they become disputes ifpossible, in order to foster
enhanced productivity, efficiency, and engagement.
d. Use Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) when disputes arise, ifpossible, as it can lead
to more creative and efficient results, often at lower costs.
e. Seek to resolve disputes at the earliest possible time and lowest possible organizational
level, treating each dispute as a potential candidate for ADR.
f. Utilize ADR and conflict management processes that supplement, rather than limit, other
dispute resolution techniques available by law, regulation, or contract.
5. RESPONSIBILITIES. See Enclosure.
6. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Regulation is effective immediately.
Enclosure
1. Responsibilities
Glossary
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