A position paper on the role of mediation in resolving conflict between student and supervisor at university

ABSRTACT ADR is a term used to describe several different methods of resolving legal disputes without going to court. It is mostly classified into four basic types namely negotiation, mediation, conciliation and arbitration. Beyond these basic types, there are the hybrid forms: mediation-arbitration (med-arb), executive tribunal, case evaluation/early neutral evaluation and court ordered arbitration. It was to avoid some of the deficiencies of the court system that arbitration became widely adopted for the resolution of disputes. The adoption was because of its many inherent advantages especially where the relevant dispute was technical. The whole arbitration process is now expensive, time consuming and devoid of privacy and emotional expressions. This paper therefore investigates the various alternative dispute resolution methods that are used in the Ghanaian construction industry and how they contribute effectively towards the settlement of disputes. It also identifies the factors...