BNET Business Dictionary

Business Definition for: Mediation

  • intervention by a third party in a dispute in order to try to reach agreement between the disputing parties. Where a commitment or award is imposed on either party the process is known as arbitration.
  • Also known as Conciliation

Wiktionary Definition for: Mediation

  • #A process which differrs from country to country and different regions around the world.

Additional Resources

Foreclosure Mediation Programs Aren't Working Because of Net Present Value (NPV) Calculations
Is foreclosure mediation going to prevent millions of foreclosures over the next few years? Probably not, according to a new study released this afternoon by the National Consumer Law Center NCLC that looks at how effective 25 foreclosure mediation programs in 14 states have been at preventing foreclosures....
Tags: Homeowner, Foreclosure, Ilyce Glink
Blog posts 2009-09-23
Preparing For Your Mediation
It is likely that you asked for or agreed to mediation because the strategies you have already tried have not helped you resolve your dispute. Also, your most likely alternatives to mediation may be undesirable. For example, you could decide to just live with the conflict, quit your job, try...
Tags: Mediation, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management
White papers 2002-11-15
Research to Promote Mediation in Arkansas Government
This research explains the benefits of using mediation over litigation in an effort to encourage Arkansas governmental bodies to use the mediation process to resolve internal and external disputes. Mediation is one process among several in the concept of Alternative Dispute Resolution ("ADR"). The mediation process involves the intervention of...
Tags: Mediation, ARISTOTLE.net, Government, Litigation, Tools & Techniques, Vertical Industries, Business Operations, Management, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2002-12-01
Comptel's mediation for the Norwegian market; Telenor Mobil selected Comptel's mediation software for activation in GSM networks.
M2 PRESSWIRE-17 October 2000-Comptel: Comptel's mediation for the Norwegian market; Telenor Mobil selected Comptel's mediation software for activation in GSM networks C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:13102000 Telenor Mobil AS, the largest telecommunications mobile operators in Norway, and...
Tags: Comptel Corp., Telenor
Research articles 2000-10-17
Mediation in Estate Planning: A Strategy for Everyone's Benefit
With a few modifications, the estate-planning process could be less prone to conflicts, and a more rewarding and rich experience for everyone involved. Estate planning is a process by which one generation passes wealth to others, usually their adult children. It has become a highly complex and specialized field in...
Tags: Strategy, Mediation, Business Mediation Associates, Taxes, Free Trade, Benefits, Financial Accounting, Financial Planning, Finance, Human Resources
White papers 2003-01-01
An Expanded Role For Mediation In Conflict Resolution
From the executive summary: ‘Mediation, as a tool for resolving conflicts, is becoming more widely accepted throughout the world. This demand is due, at least in part, because of the woeful inadequacies of today's judicial system. Today's increasing utilization of the mediation process is at least a beginning in the...
Tags: Mediation, Conflict Resolution, Resourceful Internet Solutions, Communication Skills, Career
White papers 2003-01-01
Employer Demand for Mediation
In 1999, the Howard Liberal-National Government sought to amend the Workplace Relations Act 1996 to allow parties in dispute to seek private mediation as an alternative to the Australian Industrial Relations Commission AIRC. Despite its failure to secure the changes to the Act, there is evidence that some organisations are...
Tags: Mediation, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management
White papers 2002-10-01
Mediation, Arbitration And Negotiation
The publisher compares three common dispute resolution processes negotiation, mediation, and arbitration - in the framework of Crawford and Sobel (1982). Under negotiation, the two parties engage in possibly arbitrarily long face-to-face cheap talk. Under mediation, the parties communicate with a neutral third part party who makes a non-binding recommendation....
Tags: Mediation, Arbitration, Negotiation, University Of Western Ontario, Free Trade, Finance
White papers 2007-09-11
Comptel in Co-operation With LogicaCMG has Delivered its Mediation Solution to T-Hrvatski Telekom in Croatia.
LONDON, January 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Comptel Corporation, leading convergent mediation and provisioning software vendor and LogicaCMG, have delivered Comptel EventLinkTM convergent mediation solution to T-Mobile subsidiary T-Hrvatski Telecom (T-H LONDON, January 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Comptel Corporation, leading ...
Tags: LogicaCMG, mediation
Research articles 2005-01-12
Northwest Airlines released from mediation by National Mediation Board.
M2 PRESSWIRE-21 July 2005-NORTHWEST AIRLINES: Northwest Airlines released from mediation by National Mediation BoardC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:20072005 EAGAN, Minn. - Northwest Airlines (NASDAQ:NWAC) confirmed today that the National Mediation Board NMB has released the airline from mediated talks with...
Tags: aircraft, board, FINANCE, Manufacturing, mediation, Northwest Airlines Corp.
Research articles 2005-07-21
USDA FOREST SERVICE: USDA Forest Service issues fi final grazing dispute mediation rule.
M2 PRESSWIRE-16 July 1999-USDA FOREST SERVICE: USDA Forest Service issues final grazing dispute mediation rule C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:150799 WASHINGTON, DC -- US Department of Agriculture USDA FOREST SERVICE officials announced today the final rule allowing mediation for disputes...
Tags: Litigation, mediation, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Research articles 1999-07-16
Comptel delivers mediation and provisioning solutions to Easterbrooke
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-23 December 2005-Comptel delivers mediation and provisioning solutions to EasterbrookeC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Finnish mediation software solutions company Comptel Corp has announced it is delivering its mediation and provisioning solutions to Easterbrooke Cellular Corporation, a mobile service provider in West Virginia, US. Under the terms of the...
Tags: Comptel Corp.
Research articles 2005-12-23
Comptel selected by Telecom Namibia for CDMA voice and data provisioning and mediation; Comptel to deliver CDMA provisioning and mediation software solutions in conjunction with Huawei.
M2 PRESSWIRE-11 September 2006-Comptel: Comptel selected by Telecom Namibia for CDMA voice and data provisioning and mediation; Comptel to deliver CDMA provisioning and mediation software solutions in conjunction with HuaweiC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11092006 Comptel Corporation (OMX Helsinki: CTL1V), a leading...
Tags: Comptel Corp., Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
Research articles 2006-09-11
MoviStar Puerto Rico Chooses Comptel Mediation for its CDMA Mobile Network; Comptel mediation solution replaces an existing in-house system.
M2 PRESSWIRE-19 September 2006-Comptel: MoviStar Puerto Rico Chooses Comptel Mediation for its CDMA Mobile Network; Comptel mediation solution replaces an existing in-house systemC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:19092006 Comptel Corporation (OMX Helsinki: CTL1V), a leading OSS software vendor for convergent mediation,...
Tags: Comptel Corp.
Research articles 2006-09-19
Comptel launches new release of Comptel EventLinkTM convergent mediation product.
M2 PRESSWIRE-9 September 2004-Comptel: Comptel launches new release of Comptel EventLinkTM convergent mediation productC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:09092004 Comptel Corporation, leading convergent mediation and provisioning software vendor, has today introduced its new Comptel EventLink mediation product release to further enhance...
Tags: Comptel Corp.
Research articles 2004-09-09
TelesensKSCL to supply Comptel's mediation solution to Jordanian operator
NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-25 February 2002-TelesensKSCL to supply Comptel's mediation solution to Jordanian operator C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Comptel Corp, a Helsinki-based provider of mediation software for telecommunications operators, has won a contract to deliver its mediation solution to the German billing products supplier TelesensKSCL AG....
Tags: Comptel Corp.
Research articles 2002-02-25
EDB Business Partner ASA wins USD1.3m mediation solution contract in Ghana
NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-6 May 2003-EDB Business Partner ASA wins USD1.3m mediation solution contract in GhanaC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com The Norwegian IT services group EDB Business Partner ASA said today (6 May) that its subsidiary EDB Telesciences had received a mediation solution order from Ghana Telecom. The contract,...
Tags: EDB Business Partner ASA
Research articles 2003-05-06
Telecom Italia goes live with Intec's convergent mediation architecture.(Italy)(Contracts)(Brief Article)
Intec Telecom Systems announced that Telecom Italia has gone live with the company's Inter-mediatETM convergent mediation solution. The selection of Inter-mediatE followed a detailed and competitive evaluation against other mediation vendors, with a particular emphasis on performance on high-volume, next-generation networks. Inter-mediatE replaced Telecom Italia's...
Tags: Intec Inc., Telecom Italia
Research articles 2004-06-01
Openet Begins Rollout of Convergent Mediation Product for Videotron's Cable Network
Openet , a provider of Transactional Intelligence solutions for the world’s largest and most innovative service providers, today announces that Canadian cable provider Videotron has selected its Convergent Mediation product. The product, which runs on Openet’s FusionWorks Framework, was selected to replace a failing, competitive...
Tags: Videotron, Videotron Ltd.
Research articles 2008-11-10
Sonera selects Comptel's mediation solutions for 3G networks - Brief Article
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-23 April 2002-Sonera selects Comptel's mediation solutions for 3G networks C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com The Finnish telecommunications group Sonera Corp has signed a licensing agreement with the Helsinki-based mediation solutions provider Comptel Corp. Until now Sonera has utilised Comptel's mediation systems in its second generation...
Tags: Comptel Corp., Sonera
Research articles 2002-04-23