KILMANN'S CONFLICT Management MODEL
assessment of conflict and style
Conflict management assessment using the Thomas Kilmann Mode
According to Kuhn and Poole (2000), conflict management style entails the consistent and general orientation towards a conflict situation or the other party. It manifests in the behaviors observable forming a pattern and sharing a characteristic that is common over time (Kuhn & Poole, 2000).
The conflict mode instrument by Kilmann assesses behavior of individual in a conflict situation. The mode instrument looks at conflict situations as those where individuals have differed incompatible concerns. In these situations, behaviors of individuals fall in two distinct dimensions. One is assertiveness where an individual seeks to satisfy strongly his or her own needs. Second is cooperativeness where the extent that an individual makes attempts to meet the other party's concerns. These two distinctions on observable behavior among individual in a conflict situation yield to the five styles of resolving by Kilmann.
Thomas Kilmann's five styles model for handling conflict include; competing, avoiding, collaborating, compromising and accommodating. In contrast to collaborating style, the competing style highly concerns with self. Competing style characterizes the drive to maximize personal gain at the expense of others. The collaborating style constructs conflict resolution to meet the demands of conflicting parties. The low in concern for self is the avoiding style. This style withdraws from conflict. The accommodating style makes sacrifices for self-interests to meet the needs...
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The communication style used in avoiding is passive, which means neither to communicate personal concerns nor to listen to other party's concerns. 2. Competing This conflicting style requires high assertiveness and low cooperation. This style is helpful when quick, vital and uncommon decisions are to be taken. Competing style involves worrying about own concern's and keeping aside other party's goals. The skills used for competing management style include debating, arguing, asserting
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