Tolerance For Ambiguity, Learning Style, Dominant Conflict Management Styles, And Dominant Reactions

In today’s world teamwork is being utilized by companies across the globe. Employers are seeing the value of teamwork and what can be accomplished when people put the strengths together. These teams consist of people from different cultures with different personalities. Conflict is inevitable when it comes to group dynamics. Conflict resolution is necessary to keep the group functioning efficiently. This paper will analyze group dynamics and focus on conflict resolution by way of communication.

Conflict results from real or perceived opposition to one’s values, actions, desires or general interests. Conflicts may occur internally or externally between individuals or groups; conflict within a team environment can cause frustration, and occasionally anger. However, conflict resolution can also often generate positive results for the team. Conflict management skills remain in demand; conflict may be managed successfully by reaching an agreement that satisfies the needs of both the individual(s) and the team as a whole

Ambiguity is a concept I came across while reading The Book Thief, by Marcus Zusak. The novel discussed numerous paradoxes of the human experience, and thus stimulated my mind into exploring branches of philosophy previously unknown to me. Though the concept is a simple one, the source of ambiguity is much more complicated. From my reading of this story and study in a psychology class, I learned that one’s natural instinct and nurturing environment is what affects one’s perspective. Equally important, no matter how similar common the human condition is, everyone is different. No person has the same life experiences, and thus has a different perspective. These conflicting perspectives are what lead to ambiguity, which leads me to quite a harsh

After identifying the basic structure of a message, a critical thinker must ask, “What words or phrases are ambiguous?” (p. 40) An ambiguous word or phrase is one that has multiple possible meanings. Ambiguous words or phrases in an argument create the need for clarification of the meaning before a reader can fully evaluate the argument.

“Role ambiguity occurs when people are unclear or uncertain about their expectations within a certain role, typically their role in the

ambiguity which, once resolved, leads the contemplator to the same conclusion as I do that in fact,

One needs to work as a team –work attitude, bullying and dominating are restraints to growth and team –work.

     Chapter seven begins by explaining an example that would make the case against using ambiguity. In fact, the title of chapter seven is “Avoid Ambiguity”. While it is true that vague statements leave questions unanswered, the traditional idea behind gathering information is to find specific details and clear communicated

Saying that something is wrong or right is too easy. It is quick and simple to label an issue with one of those terms and then move forward. Ambiguity is less popular because it takes longer to process. Unfortunately, life is far too complicated to ignore ambiguity forever. Everyone encounters it at some point. In Doubt, ambiguity is introduced when Sister Aloysius accuses Father Flynn of abusing a student. At first, this situation seems fairly simple. Father Flynn is either guilty or innocent of committing a crime. But as the play continues, the audience starts to see that the struggle between Father Flynn and Sister Aloysius might be more personal. The true nature of their dispute becomes more evident in Scene Five, when

Ambivalence, or the simultaneous and contradictory attitude and/or feelings toward an object, etc., may well be the cause of the extreme ambiguity, doubt, uncertainty in the mind of the reader of “Young Goodman Brown.”  Intentional ambivalence on the part of the author in order not to offend too many is a plausible explanation, as I would see things.

Ambiguity can be defined as a lack of precise meaning or interpretation, so how can we describe human existence as “ambiguous”? Surely, there must be some essence, or characteristic thing, that we can use to solidify the meaning of our existence. However, it becomes difficult to pin down exactly what every human existence has in common. Dreams of fame and fortune motivate and consume the lives of some people, others dedicate their lives to help people less fortunate, and still there are those that sit on a couch all day watching TV as their years monotonously pass by. In The Ethics of Ambiguity, Simone de Beauvoir develops an existentialist view that explains the details of an ambiguous existence and how those who exist should act in this

Conflict management is the detriment of many teams or groups in accomplishing its goals. This is because most people do not understand the different conflict styles and how to apply the rules and principles associated with the style you may be dealing with. In this paper I will analyze three of the five management styles discussed in the textbook Communication in Small Groups. Avoidance and competition are two styles that I believe have the greatest effect on hindering a group or team from accomplishing its goals. Collaboration, however, is a style that I believe is most effective in

The ideal team should consist of a mixture of individuals who have different behavioral styles. In addition to the mixture, managers should also take the

However there are areas that bring ambiguity, for instance a temporary mental imbalance in either the sense of Durham or Naughton, when the ability to rationalise outside the constraints

Ambiguity Also ‘plurisignation’ deals with figurative language. The word ambiguity is taken from the Latin word ‘ambiguus’, meaning ‘doubtful’. Ambiguity shows words’ double or multiple meanings. To ambiguity, WILLIAM EMPSON has written the work SEVEN TYPES OF AMBIGUITY (1930). He criticized the seven types of ambiguities found in the poetry. An ambiguity is represented as a puzzle to Empson. Empson reads poetry as an exploration of conflicts within the author. In his third edition of THE SEVEN TYPES OF AMBIGUITY (1953 III Ed. And 1930 I Ed.), Empson defines ambiguity: