organizations are located on or within the arc — and are expected to be moderate 

 players. The behavior of the other four groups will be extreme, relative to 

 the other three. 



All of this information and output from Mapum is then utilized to develop 

 an understanding of the conflict, and to develop strategies for participation 

 in its resolution. This is accomplished in the final phase of LIAM. 



Fifth, a graph (Figure 10) of the powers of each organization is provided, 

 for all three categories. Three-section power columns, each section repre- 

 senting one of the major types of power examined within LIAM, are created for 

 each organization. Each column is divided into three sections, and each 

 section represents one of the elements of power previously discussed. The 

 sections themselves are drawn as a function of the power indices created by 

 the analysts for each organization, and reported (as a numerical figure) in 

 Mapum. These columns also give the analyst a pictorial representation of the 

 strengths and weaknesses of the organizations examined, and the distribution 

 of power among them. For example, group 2 in Figure 10 is the most powerful 

 of the three organizations here, and the resource power it appears to have is 

 its greatest source of strength. 



Sixth, is the "perspective plot." This plot (Figure 11) indicates the 

 positions of all the other players from the viewpoint of and relative to 

 whatever organization the user chooses to select. Generally, the point of 

 view of interest is that of the organization conducting the analysis; however, 

 perspective plots can be drawn from the point of view of whatever organization 

 the analyst selects. This plot gives the analyst an idea of the distance of 

 the other organizations from his own group's perspective (vertical axis) as 

 well as the power differences involved (horizonal axis). The location of the 

 organizations along the vertical axis is determined as a function of the 

 distance between the various organizations on the LIAM role map, and reflects 

 the role differences between them. The location of the organizations along 

 the horizontal axis reflects the power differences among these groups. This 

 plot sheds a somewhat different light on the conflict than does the role map, 

 however, since it indicates the relative positions of the other organizations 

 from one particular organizational point of view. For example, in Figure 11, 

 while all three groups appear powerful vis-a-vis one another, groups 2 and 3 

 are located quite a distance from group 1 — yet close to one another. Perhaps 

 these groups, if they combined resources, may be able to push the conflict in 

 a direction to which group 1 would be strongly opposed. At any rate, it is a 

 potential development that group 1 might want to examine further, and to 

 consider when developing strategies. 



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