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Case Study #1 Five faculty members in a college psychology department follow up a brainstorming session with a meeting to discuss the course offerings for the next semester. Angela, the department chair, thanks everyone for the work they have just completed. She then asks the tired faculty members to address an important issue. Which courses should they eliminate, and which new courses should they add to the curriculum? "We need," she says, "to balance the integrity of our department and our offerings with the need to bring in more students and the need to have a strong curriculum." Although the faculty members nod their heads, they do not seem to have much enthusiasm for the task. Martha declares, "We do not want enrollment to dictate-you know-what our offerings..." Before he finishes his sentence, Ralph interrupts. "Here we go, here we go. Martha, you need to look at the enrollment numbers!" The group senses that Martha seems more interested in preserving her own low- enrollment courses than developing new ones that attract more students. The faculty has dealt with this issue before. Should they allow professors to protect their smaller courses, or should they cut these courses? Should they offer more popular courses to improve their numbers, even if it means cutting time honored psychology courses? Molly interrupts the interaction by telling everyone that she has an exciting idea for a new course, "The Psychology of Silence." She explains that the course would look at silence as a commodity that people use for various psychological purposes. The group has mixed reactions. Martha questions whether the course is rigorous enough and whether the topic is worthy of a separate course. Hank just nods his head at everything group members say. Pablo supports Molly's proposed new course. Angela reminds everyone that if they add new courses, they must eliminate others. Group members suggest cutting Martha's "Culture of Anarchism" course. She strongly opposes this move. Pablo raises his voice and declares that the enrollment numbers speak for themselves. Finally, Hank suggests, "We can do this without an argument happening." Ralph accuses Martha of living in the past. At this point, the chair intervenes again and reminds her colleagues that they need to look at the bigger goal, rather than picking apart an individual course. The lines of conflict are drawn. Molly wants her new course, "The Psychology of Silence "approved. Martha opposes it on academic grounds. She also does not want the department to cut her "Culture of Anarchism" course. The chair again reminds everyone that if they add new courses to attract COLOC broup y upper everyone that if they add new courses, they must eliminate others. Group members suggest cutting Martha's "Culture of Anarchism" course. She strongly opposes this move. Pablo raises his voice and declares that the enrollment numbers speak for themselves. Finally, Hank suggests, "We can do this without an argument happening." Ralph accuses Martha of living in the past. At this point, the chair intervenes again and reminds her colleagues that they need to look at the bigger goal, rather than picking apart an individual course. The lines of conflict are drawn. Molly wants her new course, "The Psychology of Silence "approved. Martha opposes it on academic grounds. She also does not want the department to cut her "Culture of Anarchism" course. The chair again reminds everyone that if they add new courses to attract more students, they must cut existing courses. Ralph seems very aggravated-maybe he has already heard all these arguments before, maybe he has a grudge against Martha for something she did in the past, maybe he wants to stay in the department chair's favor, or maybe he is just tired. Hank seems drained by all the agitation and simply wants it to stop. 1. Identify and define the conflict styles of Angela, Martha, Ralph, Molly and Hank. What are the ways in which the group could move toward a more collaborative conflict style? What would individual members need to do to make the necessary changes? 2. How can this group deal with the controversy creatively? Provide in-depth recommendations. 3. Based on the meeting, how cohesive does the psychology department members appear to be? Explain your answer. Identify and explain the strategies that members could use to enhance effective change? 4. Identify and explain which dialectic tension(s) are most prevalent in this group, and what could be done to resolve these tension(s)