Conflict Management Project Analysis
Were you surprised by the results of your conflict management style assessment? Why or why not? Explain.
I was not surprised by the results of my conflict management style assessment. The results depict my nature, behavior, and approach to conflicts. I endeavor to strike a balance between aspects revolving around conflicts. At times, I do not resist getting involved in a disagreement. Avoiding to back out from a conflict occurs as one of my pro-characteristics. I believe in effective ironing out issues through discussions, arguments. At the end of these arguments, there should result in a certain level of agreement between conflicting sides. The attribute of winning surpasses the attribute of backing out from an argument.
Encouraging open sharing of concerns and issues enables me to take decisively an angle of view that addresses my perspective on a certain subject. Despite my appetite for winning an argument, I endeavor to strike a mutually understanding solution in conflicts. At the end of any argument, how conflicting sides reach a common ground occurs as a critical aspect. In achieving this, I endeavor to strike a balance between the conflicting side and my side. Failing to back out of arguments enables me to tackle issues head-on without the fear of suppression of my point-of-view. The results, a vivid description of my nature occur as the considerable approach in conflict handling and resolution.
2. Were the scores for your primary and backup conflict handling styles relatively similar, or was there a large gap? What does this imply? Discuss.
The scores were relatively similar, a clear depiction of my results of conflict management style assessment. Comprising approach tops the list. It implies moderate cooperation and assertiveness in dealing with conflicts. Unlike other schools of view with the perspective that compromising entails giving up one's ambitions, it depicts a win-win for conflicting parties. At the end of an argument, I believe...
At times, the appropriateness of compromising mode reaches in dealing with issues of moderate significance. A strong commitment to resolution occurs in the case of equal power status between conflicting sides.
Comprising comes in handy in temporary solution in cases of time constraints. Skills utilized in this style include assessing value, making concessions, negotiation, and reaching a middle ground. The avoiding style that bottoms the list shows depicts my dislike in this approach. I believe that airing out ideas and concerns serve as the best approach to reaching a common ground. Failure to do so only elicits hard feelings and emotions of one side to the other. Consequently, it may fuel unnecessary actions based on one's suppression of ideas and concerns. The accommodating, forcing, and collaborating styles scored relatively high marks. I cannot ignore the relevance of these styles in conflict resolution. The effectiveness of the three styles come in handy in the resolution of conflicts where compromising style does not yield fruits.
3. What are some skills you can work on to become more effective at handling conflict? Describe and explain.
Despite my differing perspective on the avoiding style, I have realized that the style occurs as a beneficial approach to solving some low-concerned issues. Avoiding depicts the trait of low assertiveness and cooperation. At times, conflicts of low-significance do not require engaging in arguments as a solution strategy. The strategy comes in handy in reducing tension and times when the other party is of a higher position than I am. I need to work on the ability to withdraw from a possible escalation of conflicts. Low-significance issues do not require wholesome indulgence in solving the conflicts. Timing occurs as a vital skill that I need to work on to achieve a critical edge in solving conflicts. The ability to sidestep issues enables me to shun from the conflicts…
