Comm Final pt.2

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by Micalah Suser4 views·Updated Dec 14, 2021
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  1. alright and my last topic is going to be conflict management.
  2. So conflict is the express struggle of interconnected parties who perceive
  3. incompatible goals and interfere each other in attaining those goals.
  4. However,
  5. moderate amounts of conflict can be constructive force
  6. in groups if it is managed competently.
  7. So the conflict wasn't anything necessarily negative.
  8. I would just say it was the tension between us and Dr Shankar as we
  9. were used to a certain class and didn't really necessarily want or need change.
  10. I'm someone who does not like change, and it's always been like that.
  11. Although I think this change ended up being an amazing thing.
  12. It's not necessarily something I perceived would be happening this semester.
  13. So that was kind of like the inner conflict with me.
  14. And I think with a lot of other classmates was
  15. kind of trying to adjust and find that balance and,
  16. you know, make the best out of it.
  17. There is constructive and destructive conflict,
  18. so constructive is the things that can be kind of good,
  19. where destructive could ultimately tear down a team if it's not handled properly.
  20. The collaborating style teams to be a win win because it's
  21. when students collaborate with each other to fix any conflict and ultimately
  22. go towards their goals.
  23. There was a lot of constructive and collaborating,
  24. Um when When scenarios in our class and we use a lot
  25. of competition and mutually benefit results in order to kind of learn.
  26. So we had different competitions where you get treats or even
  27. when Dr Shankar just brought in little candy or cookies.
  28. It was something that kind of handled this conflict good.
  29. And it made, you know,
  30. the collaborating style of group work beneficial
  31. because we got an incentive for it,
  32. which was very helpful for me.
  33. And I mean, we really enjoyed the class.
  34. We all have different values and beliefs,
  35. but ultimately I kind of had to find a way to
  36. balance it and know how to handle one another with,
  37. like, things like that.
  38. There's hard and soft bargainers.
  39. Dr. Shankar tended to be more of a soft bargainer because she
  40. I saw that we had to go through something that was not usual
  41. and she approached it in a way that was so mature and amazing
  42. by rewarding us by showing her showing us that she knew it was
  43. weird and that she was going to help us get through it,
  44. and it was so important and it really helped me, like I said,
  45. Kind of managed through it and get through it.
  46. Principal negotiation has four areas of interest.
  47. People, interest, options and criteria, and this is kind of the idea
  48. of interest based bargaining.
  49. And then there's conflict management,
  50. which goes in a bunch of different styles competing, which is kind of what we did,
  51. but in a healthy way.
  52. Accommodating, sharing, collaborating and then one that's not so good avoiding.
  53. So we definitely shared. We shared so many different stories.
  54. We did the whole unit on storytelling. We collaborated with one another.
  55. We did group work not only within our own
  56. groups but within randomly made ones as well,
  57. which I think was very helpful because we kind of get to learn other people's styles.
  58. We also accommodated one another and made sure that we're all doing our
  59. part to make sure everyone was being successful in reaching their goals.
  60. Here is my source.
  61. I just use the in mixed company book that we
  62. were required to purchase at the beginning of the semester,
  63. but just some closing thoughts is I really, really,
  64. really appreciated Dr Shankar and her attitude as she came in
  65. and ultimately learned so much from her as a professor.
  66. Not only did I learn a lot from both professors,
  67. but I also learned how to deal with transition and that change is
  68. not always a bad thing and that you can make it the best
  69. that you can be and the best it can be as long as
  70. you have a positive attitude and approach it the best that you can.
  71. So thank you so much for being so amazing and kind
  72. and open and caring towards all of your students this semester.
  73. And test group leadership was definitely a class I can
  74. look back at and say I learned a lot.
  75. Have a great Christmas break. Thank you so much.