Conflict Management Interview

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Conflict Management Interview
Living in a society and cohabiting with members of the community, conflicts do occur among friends and acquittances. This paper documents the discussion of findings from an interview with a close friend on conflict styles.
Compromise is the most often conflict style the used by the interviewee. In most cases, whenever we have conflicts, we negotiate and agree on the most convincing and reasonable step towards resolving the argument. At times he has to let go while sometimes I am the one to compromise on my side.
The description of the conflict style was as I perceived. Indeed, the most usual method we use in compromise. We have had a series of conflicts, and we end up resolving them with the most suitable argument carrying the day irrespective of who proposed the solution.
Most of our conflicts are functional. Our conflicts always revolve around procedures of doing things, where to spend leisure time, gifts to buy for various occasions, and things like entertainments (for example, a movie to watch over the weekend or the best latest music). We have never had a dysfunctional conflict as far as the interviewee could remember.
The variable that plays most of the time in our conflicts is family upbringing and culture. Upbringing is a cultural aspect. Culture affects a person’s personality which influences his or her conflict styles (Shapiro 44). We have been friends since childhood, and most of the times our parents run their errands together.

Our parents brought us up with similar patterns, and similarly, we came from the same neighborhood.
Using better negotiation features like and giving deep thought to the opponent’s claim would help me solve future conflicts better. I would shun from interrupting the second party while staging a discussion which has been a popular practice in my conflict negotiations.
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Shapiro, Gail Joyce. Identifying the Factors That Influence Conflict Management Behavior of Human Resource Professionals in the Workplace: An Analysis of the Relationship Between Personality and Conflict Management Behavior. PhD Thesis. Florida: Nova Southeastern University, 2014. Document.