The stages of Conflict Management
The Stages of Conflict Management
Steven J Moreno
Comm/100
November 24th, 2014
University of Phoenix
The Stages of Conflict Management
Conflict among team members can happen, but it is essential that positive and respectful communication prevail. Among many things, differences of opinions, portions of assignments not submitted, failed deadlines, incorrect citations, and derogatory messages among members can conflict with a thorough project’s outcome. One must exercise patience and diligence when directing one’s words to another classmate. It is important to focus on the matter at hand, rather than focusing on meaningless details and self-biases that lead to disaster. Communication is rather an art that must be cultivated to produce exceptional results. It is not one who will make the team a better team, but each of the individuals’ efforts put together that create an exceptional final project. The team will only be as successful as its weakest link; therefore, when completing a team project one must be helpful, proactive, levelheaded, and optimistic. Positive and respectful communication is essential to avoid conflict among team members.
One must offer assistance to a member that does not submit his or her project and fails to meet deadlines. Failing deadlines is a common event that happens when one or more individuals fail to provide the necessary documentation for the team project. One, as part of the team, must seek answers in a direct, yet, polite manner. Questions that can be asked must be qualifying to be able to understand the reason that particular classmate did not complete his or her part of the assignment. One must also investigate whether that classmate fully understands the project that he or she is working on and offer assistance. Jumping to conclusions is never good, especially when one does not have the necessary feedback from that classmate to proceed. If a team assignment is not completed by a member of the team, assistance must be
Steven J Moreno
Comm/100
November 24th, 2014
University of Phoenix
The Stages of Conflict Management
Conflict among team members can happen, but it is essential that positive and respectful communication prevail. Among many things, differences of opinions, portions of assignments not submitted, failed deadlines, incorrect citations, and derogatory messages among members can conflict with a thorough project’s outcome. One must exercise patience and diligence when directing one’s words to another classmate. It is important to focus on the matter at hand, rather than focusing on meaningless details and self-biases that lead to disaster. Communication is rather an art that must be cultivated to produce exceptional results. It is not one who will make the team a better team, but each of the individuals’ efforts put together that create an exceptional final project. The team will only be as successful as its weakest link; therefore, when completing a team project one must be helpful, proactive, levelheaded, and optimistic. Positive and respectful communication is essential to avoid conflict among team members.
One must offer assistance to a member that does not submit his or her project and fails to meet deadlines. Failing deadlines is a common event that happens when one or more individuals fail to provide the necessary documentation for the team project. One, as part of the team, must seek answers in a direct, yet, polite manner. Questions that can be asked must be qualifying to be able to understand the reason that particular classmate did not complete his or her part of the assignment. One must also investigate whether that classmate fully understands the project that he or she is working on and offer assistance. Jumping to conclusions is never good, especially when one does not have the necessary feedback from that classmate to proceed. If a team assignment is not completed by a member of the team, assistance must be