Conflict in the Coordinators Group
Conflict occurs when two people cannot agree on a particular issue. Anyone can come into conflict with someone else, because no two people are exactly alike. Such as, the substantive conflict that the Coordinators Group recently encountered. Moreover, one group member thought that purchasing an already made game would be better than making the game from scratch. However, another group member thought the pre-built game was over-priced and flimsy. Since the disagreement was over a specific issue, the Coordinators Group had a substantive conflict.
Thus, to overcome this issue, the group used the A-E-I-O-U Model to resolve the conflict. The A-E-I-O-U Model is, “A conflict resolution model with five steps: Assume …show more content…
Surprisingly, I scored high in three out of the five styles. Overall, the highest score that I received was as having the compromise conflict style. To explain, the compromise conflict style is, “An approach to conflict that involves the concession of some goals in order to achieve others” (Engleberg & Wynn, © 2013). Basically, in order to get what you want, you have to give something up in return. “Times when the compromising mode is appropriate are when you are dealing with issues of moderate importance, when you have equal power status, or when you have a strong commitment for resolution” (Understanding Conflict & Conflict Management). Since the conflict amongst the group members was over a minor issue, my compromise conflict style helped the group in this situation. Although, having the compromise conflict style did help my group, there are also downfalls to compromising. Moreover, “We each remain shaped by our individual perceptions of our needs and don't necessarily understand the other side very well. We often retain a lack of trust and avoid risk-taking involved in more collaborative behaviors” (Conflict Styles, Copyright 2014 ). Furthermore, having a compromising conflict style shows that even with my dominate personality, I am willing and able to come to an understanding with …show more content…
I find the author to be correct with this statement because I have found myself, especially within our class’ group discussions, contemplating how to deliver controversial issues to the table, per se. The author also gives five strategies to improve delivery as a nice person, which are: 1) to “use “and’ not ‘but’ 2) use hypothetical situations 3) ask about the impact of the plan 4) understand the reasoning, and 5) ask for help (Davey, 2013). Hypothetically speaking, say a class is working together as a group for a project. While collaborating with one another about an issue, several of the group members decide to have the professor determine the verdict for their substantive conflict issue. In doing this, two of the three students reveal that they have received a response from the professor, yet the other student did not. The student that is disregarded by the professor now has a new substantive conflict with the professor, as well as an affective conflict. Anyone who feels like they are purposefully being ignored and/or avoided, may begin to have feelings about a situation. Moreover, the student makes their feelings obvious to the group, about how they are affected by the neglect of their teacher. Nonetheless, without the professor’s input the students effectively began to resolve