Chapter Five Some Strategies and Tactics in Chines...
The following section will explore three strategies and their subsidiary tactics to realize the strategies.Each tactic will be followed by the analysis of the English translation of the transcripts of the cases.The three strategies are: strategy to bring about predetermined outcome, the strategy to alleviate adversity, and the strategy to motivate and facilitate reconciliation.Our focus will be on the strategy to bring about the predetermined outcome, as this strategy is the least aligned with American notions of neutrality in mediation, and demonstrates the important difference between American and Chinese mediation.It is also a strategy that the phenomenon of power distribution in Chinese mediation, i.e.the mediator has the most power among all the participants.I will discuss how he/she achieves this powerful position, how he/she demonstrates the power without violating the mediation principles, and how they legitimize the power they have.(https://www.daowen.com)
According to the Random House Unabridged Dictionary,strategy is defined as “a plan, method, or series of maneuvers or stratagems for obtaining a specific goal or result”(Dictionary.com website).Tactic is defined as “a plan, procedure, or expedient for promoting a desired end or result”(Dictionary.com website).In this book, strategy is a broad pattern of interaction to achieve certain goals, while a tactic is defined as a turn-by-turn manifestation of the strategy.Therefore I identified tactics that help realize the strategies.A table of strategies and tactics is provided in Appendix C at the end of the book.