Conflict

I chose to do this theme absolutely last, because it is the most touchy theme to talk about. I am very sure every team had its own issues, I know we did. But in the end we knew something needed to be done so we put everything aside and we worked with each other. We realised collaborating with each other was fun. We definitely experienced this when Danielle, Myrna and I spent the 2 whole weeks together at the uni labs working on so many problems and trying to get everything done. We even left on Wednesday saying the words "It was great collaborating with each other."

There is always conflict in the work place, it is unavoidable. But how do w deal with it? We should not deal with a situation like this with aggression. It will get no where. High- aggressive people will think aggression is a suitable response. Again, it will get you no where; if you were right you just compromised your position because of the way you have acted.

While looking on the net I typed in conflict to see what resolution techniques will come up and a game looked interesting to me. A game described as an old fashioned debate just vamped looks like something I would do to deal with a situation.

“The Conflict-Resolving Game is a new and challenging alternative to the traditional Debate. Instead of the competitively-based Debate, it uses a non-adversarial approach, with an opportunity for a constructive dialogue which can be on-going.
In traditional Debate, participants address an issue in order to refute their opponent. The Conflict-Resolving Game asks participants to build on, and add value to, each other’s points. It rewards creative response to another’s statement, rather than opposing it.
Unlike traditional Debate, the Conflict-Resolving Game turns opposition into co-operation. It teaches participants to respond with well-developed reasoning, and design innovative options to resolve difficult or controversial issues together.
In some ways, the Debate and the Game serve similar purposes. Both can investigate facts, focus attention, teach about an issue in depth, and value voice projection, appearance, body language and logic.
In traditional Debate, there is a winner only on one side of the argument. In the Conflict-Resolving Game, the win/win approach is stressed and winners emerge on both sides.
Defeat is replaced by a problem-solving partnership.”[1]

http://www.crnhq.org/pages.php?pID=59