🗊Презентация Individual Conflict Management Styles

Individual Conflict Management Styles by Angelina Ochkur

Types of Conflict Task conflict: Conflicts over content and goals of the work  Relationship conflict: Conflict based on interpersonal relationships Process conflict: Conflict over how work get done

Individual Conflict Management Styles

The obliging style of conflict management is based on low concern for self, high concern for others, and focusing on the needs of others while satisfying or ignoring personal needs. The obliging style of conflict management is based on low concern for self, high concern for others, and focusing on the needs of others while satisfying or ignoring personal needs. This works best when issues are unimportant, knowledge is limited, there is long-term give and take, and the person managing the conflict has no power.

The avoiding style is based on low concern for self and others and a focus on suppressing, setting aside, and ignoring the issues. This is appropriate when the conflict is too strong and parties need to cool off. The avoiding style is based on low concern for self and others and a focus on suppressing, setting aside, and ignoring the issues. This is appropriate when the conflict is too strong and parties need to cool off.

The integrative style shows high concern for self and for others and focuses on collaboration, openness, and exchange of information. This is used when issues are complex, when commitment is needed, when dealing with strategic issues, and when longterm solutions are required. The integrative style shows high concern for self and for others and focuses on collaboration, openness, and exchange of information. This is used when issues are complex, when commitment is needed, when dealing with strategic issues, and when longterm solutions are required.

The compromising style shows moderate concern for self and others and focuses on achieving a reasonable middle ground where all parties win. This is used when goals are clearly incompatible, parties have equal power, and a quick solution is needed. The compromising style shows moderate concern for self and others and focuses on achieving a reasonable middle ground where all parties win. This is used when goals are clearly incompatible, parties have equal power, and a quick solution is needed.

Manager’s ways to manage conflict Managers can manage conflict by either preventing or reducing high levels of conflict or stimulating low levels of conflict. To do this, managers can apply a behavioral approach or an attitudinal approach. The behavioral approach targets the behavior causing the conflict, while the attitudinal approach targets the roots of the conflict, including people’s emotions, beliefs, and behaviors. Behavioral methods include enforcing rules, separating the parties, clarifying tasks, having a common enemy or outside competition, and increasing resources and rewarding cooperation. Attitudinal methods include having a common enemy, rotating members, increasing resources, and team-building and organizational development (OD). To stimulate conflict, managers can introduce change, increase task ambiguity, or create interdependency.

By knowing your own default patterns you improve your self-awareness.  By knowing your own default patterns you improve your self-awareness.