Have you ever had a conflict? A business conflict? How did you try to resolve it? Have you ever tried to use mediation?

On November 4, ISET hosted Dr. Tariel Sikharulidze, visiting professor of ESSEC Business School Paris Singapore, Associate Professor of Ilia State University, and Black Sea University, who presented a topic titled Mediation as an Alternative Tool of Conflict Resolution. Sikharulidze explained the role of mediation in solving conflicts such as B2B conflicts, family conflicts, divorce, medical and tax disputes, and provided some real-world examples from Georgian as well as Western experience.

During the presentation, Sikharulidze talked about the effectiveness and other advantages of mediation compared to other conflict resolution tools.

Mediation is cheaper and faster than, for instance, bringing a dispute to the court, and what is more important, especially for business, facilitates recovering and improving relationships between disagreed parties. Discussing a variety of practical uses of mediation, the presentation caused great interest in the audience.