Conflict - Apply What You've Learned

As we learn in chapter 13, working in a team often involves recognizing and resolving conflict. In this assignment, you'll recall a situation and analyze it in terms of what we know about conflict.

Instructions:

1. Define conflict in your own words.
2. Identify and describe a situation where conflict occurred when members of a group or team were interacting with one another. It can be work, social, or academic in nature.
3. Identify - was it functional or dysfunctional? Explain your decision.
4. Using one of the five conflict-handling styles from chapter 13 page 527, describe how you would have handled the conflict if you were in charge. Explain why the style you chose would be effective.

Submit a response of no less than 500 words.