Conflict Style Assessment For Michael Rosales

Conflict is inevitable in any personal relationship or among members of any group. While we encounter many types of conflict in our lifetime, we often look for ways to avoid conflict. So, why do we run away from dealing with our conflict? It is often because many of us fear the conflict will escalate into a situation we will not be able to sustain. “As conflicts escalate, they go through certain incremental transformations. Although these transformations occur separately on each side, they affect the conflict as a whole because they are usually mirrored by the other side. As a result of these transformations, the conflict is intensified in ways that are sometimes exceedingly difficult to undo” (Pruitt, and Kim 89). We

It is mandatory for the participant performing the conflict self-assessment to be unreserved and have the ability to use self-reflection adequately. Accordingly, these results allow for the accurate comparison between current habitual methods and actions of conflict resolution and the appropriate use of the five modes of conflict resolution.

I wanted to let you know that I am doing well in school! There is one class that I enjoy in particular and it is called Communication & Conflict. This week we are assigned to write to a friend explaining three theories that we have learned so far in chapter 3. So, I decided to write to you. All of these theories have to do with managing a conflict using a theoretical perspective. The first theory I want to tell you about is the psychodynamic theory. This theory says that we as people experience conflict because of our mental, emotional, and psychological state. Basically, the conflicts that I experience might be different than the ones you experience because of our different mental states. For example, a child who had been physically abused

Throughout life every person comes into the understanding that conflict is inevitable. Whether it be at work, home, school, or even family functions, there will always be some type of situation. It’s just how life is. For anything to strike interest into the human mind, there must be conflict. How you handle the situation can say a lot about your character and state of mind. Responding to conflicts is a natural instinct we, as humans, have. It’s how you respond that can determine whether the issue is addressed in a positive, mannerly way; it can however be addressed in a negative type of way, causing things to go down hill and to be drug out more than it should.

The true test of someone’s character is not determined by how we deal with conflict in our life, but how we deal with all the aspects of our lives, for example; how we are when we are happy, grieving or angry. Our maturity levels also play a huge part in defining who we are. There is no doubt that conflict alters our emotions, thus it effects our actions, but this does not determine who we are. It only shows how we act in times of stress. Conflict can be encountered in many aspects of people’s lives including social, work and home lives. An emotional state of our being is not indicative of our true

According to Joshua Gowin Ph.D, “In the 1970s Kenneth Thomas and Ralph Kilmann identified five main styles of dealing with conflict that vary in their degrees of cooperativeness and assertiveness. They argued that people typically have a preferred conflict resolution style. However they also noted that different styles were most useful in different situations. They developed the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI) which helps you to identify which style you tend towards when conflict arises (Gowin). These five main styles are Competitive, Accommodating, Avoiding, Collaborating, and Compromising (Gowin). As well, “Conflict elicits stress, our self-defense mechanism against harmful elements in our world. Stress tells us one of two things: I've been hurt, or I'm about to be hurt. Naturally, we take the first thing seriously. If we're hurt, our brain shifts into action mode. We release adrenaline within seconds and cortisol within minutes, causing us to become more impulsive” (Gowin). Brains are ‘hardwired’ to respond to conflict based on past experiences, using that knowledge to further progress itself in the natural

People face conflict every day of their lives and, most often, many different types of conflict in one day. Conflict is something that causes anxiety and fear and most often is something people want to avoid if they can. The good thing about conflict is that is forces a person to focus on the skills they have to find a solution that makes them feel good inside. How people respond to conflict depends on their understanding of the problem facing them, deciding to overcome the challenge successfully and then using brainstorming and decision making skills to actually implement a plan to overcome the conflict they are facing. Claim?

In my opinion, the behaviors that correlated with resolving conflict are not present in scenarios 1, 2 and 3. However, following behaviors are essential to resolving the above conflicts: ccommunication, encouragement, goal sitting, compromise, forgiveness, compassion, and empathy, finding common ground, and being an active listener without these components managing conflict could be

My assessment scores have my preferred conflict handling style as forcing. “Forcing tries to win the conflict at the other's expense. It includes “hard” influence tactics, particularly assertiveness, to get one's own way” (McShane & Von Glinow, 2017, p. B-8). I also use problem solving as a conflict style to work together for common ground on agreement that can counter the selfishness of forcing. “Problem solving tries to find a mutually beneficial solution for both parties” (McShane & Von Glinow, 2017, p. B-8).

Conflicts are a constant companion of our lives. It's a fact of life, we should accept and simply learn how to effectively and appropriately manage it. In order to improve as a better negotiator and competent communicator, I need to understand myself from different perspectives externally and eternally. In this paper, I will analyze two major conflicts in my life that I would like to handle better, my strength and weaknesses and what skills I anticipate to improve my personal conflict management abilities.

The questions selected are used to not only help identify how students deal with conflict, but how often they display unconstructive conflict management behaviors as well. Their responses will serve as a transition into conflict management activities aimed to provide students with the knowledge, skills, and practice necessary to choose alternative, constructive behaviors when faced with conflict

Conflict management in general sounds so easy, but that is not true. Conflict management has to do with everything that we do in our everyday life. It is so important that everyone should learn about it. We learned in class that there are five conflict styles, according to Kilmann conflict mode instrument, the styles depends on assertiveness and cooperativeness. There’s no wrong or right style, and it always depends on the person and on the situation. So in this paper I’m going to explain the 5 conflict styles and what I think about them.

Conflict is defined as the perception of incompatible goals or actions between two people (McCornack, 2013). How you approach these tense situations greatly affects the outcome of the conflict and your interpersonal relationships. Everyone experiences disagreement at some point in their lives and it is important to know what you bring to conflict situations in order to become a more competent communicator. Therefore, I completed the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Questionnaire and asked my sister and boyfriend to do the same regarding my conflict style (Introduction to Interpersonal Communication Course Workbook, 2013, p.29-31). I chose these two people to fill out the questionnaire because they both know me very well in two different types

Another part of the coursework that helped me were the finding out different conflict styles and how I approach conflicts. Before doing this assignment, I

Conflicts have been described as “...an expressed struggle between at least two interdependent parties who perceive incompatible goals, scarce resources, and interference from others in achieving their goals” ( Hocker, J. L., & Wilmot, W. W. 2014 p.13). Conflicts happen everyday; sometimes these conflicts can result in growth as a person and can even grow the relationship they take place in. On the other hand some conflicts are destructive and can potentially end relationships. I deal with conflicts in an accommodating and compromising way, however my recent destructive conflict was dealt with a more dominating way.