Managing Conflict

“Managing Conflict” Please respond to the following:

• You have been planning a family vacation for months. You have booked the hotel and purchased non-refundable airline tickets. One week before you are scheduled to go on your vacation, a coworker has told your manager that he needs to take the next week off, your vacation week, for a family emergency. Your manager has told you that you have to miss your vacation in order to cover your coworker’s shift, which means you will lose your hotel deposit and airline tickets. Your coworker has had several family emergencies during the past six months. You have been willing to cover for him until now.
  • Identify your conflict management style.
  • Share how you would approach your manager and coworker.
  • Discuss the possible outcomes of your approach to your manager and coworker.
    

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Conflict is a disparity of ideas or opinions. An example is interpersonal conflicts which occur when a person frustrates or interfere with another person’s way of achieving the goal. This may make someone feel angry and stressed. According to Seethaler (2013), conflict can arise at any time, therefore conflicts resolutions styles must be utilized. There are many ways of responding to conflicts like collaborating, avoiding and giving in. Conflicts are always there in one’s personal and professional life. It’s good to adopt these styles of solving disputes. In this case, the collaborating style can be used…

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