Archive for March, 2009

The Role of Engagement in Problem Resolution

 Emotional engagement is a significant component of effective conflict management and problem resolution. 
The art of managing disagreement is driven by the ability to have the parties actively engaged with the facilitator and with each other around finding a mutually agreeable solution to the problem.  They must trust the facilitator and the process. 
It is important to [...]

Conflict Resolution Strategies in the Workforce

Conflict in the work environment is inevitable. When two or more people have to work together and combine ideas, the doorway of conflict is ever open.
The goal is to learn how to use conflict as a tool that can benefit the whole, rather than destroy it and the idea of concern. A team must have [...]

How does identity management relate to our self concept?

I asked this question because i need hel answering it for an exam that i cannot seem to find the answer in my textbook. The exam is for a conflict resolution class I am taking and thIs class is called conflict and communication. Thank you!
your text more than likely does say what it means but [...]

What's the # 1 training your staff most need to be more effective employees?

Tim management? Stress management? Conflict resolution? Assertiveness training? What?
NO NO NO. No one has hit on the answer yet.
It is that most managers get their authority from their title rather than from their experiences. Most managers that I have worked with needed the boot.
Here is the real answer.
"Treat people as though they were [...]

Do you think educators should consider teaching conflict resolution or anger management in the early grades?

I did! These are people too. I absolutely feel that they need to be taught how to be effective socially as well as educationally. I had a student in my first year teaching. He was a fourth grader who everyone warned me about. I was told he got in to fights everyday and I should [...]

over 40 crowd… relationship conflict management issues?

My boyfriend and I (ages 35plus) have aan amazing relationship. We are best friends, we laugh alot together, have great conversations, the intimacy is wonderful — the big problem we are having is conflict resolution styles… I am more the get it off my chest and move on, he is more the shut down [...]

Should I have to participate in Conflict resolution games/exercises?

As some of you may have noted in a previous question, I have a bully for a boss but have decided to stay with the position until the projects I have started are completed (end of May).
Now, after all this, and other garbage he’s dishing out in other departments, HR forced him to attend a [...]