Dr. Gerhard Cordt and DI Walter Scholz are registered mediators according to Austrian law, the law of civil rights mediation dated 2002.
The main difference between mediation and other dispute resolution processes like binding or non-binding arbitration, neutral evaluation or summary trials is that in mediation the parties to the dispute retain decision-making power.
The culture of resolving conflicts in a self dependent way by involving a neutral third party has developed more and more in Austria in recent years. The mediator supports parties in conflict to reach a mutual and lasting solution bringing a conflict or legal matter to an end and thereby avoiding any involved party loosing face.
A highly developed social competence and profound knowledge of conflict management as well as solution mechanisms support our clients in solving their dispute.
The process of mediation
Mediation needs flexibility. Guided by the independent mediator the interests and needs of the parties behind their point of views are revealed.
Then the parties can start their joint effort to work towards mutual understanding to resolve a problem or dispute and find a solution which will satisfy both parties.
Range of application
Deriving from a method used in family disputes mediation developed into an alternative form of resolving disputes between colleagues, companies and organisations.
A special branch of mediation is environmental mediation resolving problems of environmental issues like road making and track laying as well as establishing companies.
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