In order to have a friendship that works or is healthy you have to argue sometimes to better understand the other person. This includes taking the time to see the full picture from time to time and actually setting yourself and your feelings aside for someone else. For example, if a friend told me he was having trouble concentrating on his studies and I just told him everything he was doing wrong that wouldn’t benefit him at all. However, if instead of throwing all my advice on him I just listen and ask questions I could see the complete picture and understand what the problem could be I could offer some help. This gives him confidence and allows him to be able to work on the problem without feeling ashamed.
Keeping my emotions in check will help me to think clearly and guide constructive communication; trying to dominate the resolution process will only frustrate the opposition. I will constructively listen to the thoughts and ideas of others and consider them honestly instead of trying to have my own way all of the time. My goal is to defeat my attitude of being a perfectionist. The key is being able to allow myself to make and except the mistakes of others. I do not have to be the best at everything.
I listen to my intuition to determine and make good choices but when you face certain problems, it is common to only see the situation from your perspective and easily overlook the other person or people’s point of view it. Therefore, when only considering the situation from your point of view, it can lead into more problems and nothing gets resolved. The highlight of critical thinking is to bring biases thoughts to light so they will not over power your decision making skills. Understanding my competencies will help me improve my critical thinking skills and understand what I already know when talking with someone who has less knowledge on a certain subject or topic that I do. I will be able to focus on what they are saying to have a positive or negative response during the conversation.
By accommodating with their differences and focusing on what their task at hand is they will be able to stop focusing on their petty differences and focus solely on the task at hand. This would work in a perfect world this would work however, as human beings we tend to hold on to our grudges until our next tipping point. With the help of a little management in the course of this strategy it just might be successful. 4. What potential road blocks might be encountered in resolving the conflict?
You can’t quite believe how much time is wasted by people trying to impose their views on others. Wouldn’t we all be more productive if we kept our opinions in check and instead looked for consensus and support? You believe we would, and you live by that belief. When others are sounding off about their goals, their claims, and their fervently held opinions, you hold your peace. When others strike out in a direction, you will willingly, in the service of harmony, modify your own objectives to merge with theirs (as long as their basic values do not clash with yours).
I have learned from my mistakes and improved my ability to calm my emotions and carry on a mature conversation, without ruining it by having an emotional outburst due to my bias opinions on the matter at hand. It has made me a much better communicator and allowed me to think much more
Whilst conflict merely involve two parties disagreeing over differences of opinion, this interpersonal conflict can bring out either courage or cowardice in people. We have seen throughout history that major conflicts in the form of war and international political unrest, lead many to experience horrific and life-changing conflicts of a larger scale. A recent global example of interpersonal conflict is Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban over her fight for universal education, urged people in war-torn countries to swap
We begin by defining the concept of conflict resolution and peacemaking. Conflict resolution is defined as “the process of resolving a dispute or a conflict permanently, by providing each sides' needs, and adequately addressing their interests so that they are satisfied with the outcome.” In short this means that each party involved is able get their needs met in order to resolve the conflict that is caused by the failure to communicate those needs effectively. There are many examples of conflict throughout the social spectrum such as family conflict, civil conflict, world conflict and even conflict found at work. All these examples require resolution in order to restore the entity to its original or proposed state of calm. So let’s look at one of the most common places for conflict to be found, the family.
Conflict frequently occurs in the business and academic worlds due to group dynamics. Conflict resolution strategies vary because individual personalities and different ways of processing information. The reasons why conflict occurs in the first place is highly dependent on the individuals in the group. The following will attempt to explain how individual differences affect group dynamics and conflict resolution in the business and academic worlds. When a situation occurs that interferes with an individual’s goals, emotions, interests, perceptions, and/or values it is considered a conflict.
Firstly, she describes how attacking an individual back with words after a hurtful comment can provide immediate satisfaction however, won’t help the situation (Cole 267). Secondly, Cole shows how saying how one may have felt after the comments made, will allow the other individual to feel bad (Cole 267). Lastly, Cole demonstrates how to raise the issue of concern appropriately on a one on one basis, or a group (Cole 269). In all three scenarios, Cole uses examples to communicate to readers both her opinion on how to react to a hurtful remark, as well as support from other credible sources to persuade the reader. Firstly, after a hurtful slur has been made to an individual, an immediate response would be to comment back.