Offers a simple and collaborative method for identifying potential problems that can be used by professionals working in the field of education, human resources, and security Discusses real-life case studies that illustrate the potential effectiveness of behavioral analysis techniques in predicting and preventing problems Offers a novel approach to school and workplace violence that can be implemented and expanded upon by practitioners and academics

Offers a simple and collaborative method for identifying potential problems that can be used by professionals working in the field of education, human resources, and security Discusses real-life case studies that illustrate the potential effectiveness of behavioral analysis techniques in predicting and preventing problems Offers a novel approach to school and workplace violence that can be implemented and expanded upon by practitioners and academics

As basic exploratory research, this study was conducted to describe the paradigms of federal, state, and local negotiators and tactical operators and to determine the extent to which these paradigms contribute to potential conflict between the negotiation and tactical teams. A review of the literature indicates that conflict does indeed exist and is the result of differing paradigms due to minimal or nonexistent personal and professional relationships among the negotiators and tactical operators. According to the literature, this conflict can be explained from the standpoint of symbolic interaction, social construction, group dynamics, and intergroup conflict theories. These theories posit that differing group cultures that develop and thrive without interaction tend to conflict when trying to achieve their goals in shared situations as a result of perceived incompatible goal attainment.