1. Conflict (and Negotiation) Styles PowerPoint Summary of: Conflict Styles

2. How many people are… Competitors/Directors? Avoiders? Harmonizers? Collaborators/cooperators? Compromisers? Advantages? Disadvantages? 02/02/09 PowerPoint Summary of: Conflict Styles

3. 1.How many of you have consistent styles in different contexts? 1.For those who changed styles, what is it that caused you to behave differently from one style to the next? PowerPoint Summary of: Conflict Styles

4. Advantages/Disadvantages of consistency: 3.What are the advantages of using the same style in most (or all) situations? 4.What are the disadvantages of using different styles in most (or all) situations? PowerPoint Summary of: Conflict Styles

5. PowerPoint Summary of: Conflict Styles Revisiting flexibility: Though consistency has its benefits, flexibility has many more. It empowers you to make a choice, and adapt to the situation. If you know which styles work best when, and with whom, you will be much more able to make the most of conflict situations.

6. Useful “infographic” It summarizes the key ideas about what the styles are, The advantages, disadvantages and when it is best and worst to use each. The link is: http://online.creighton.edu/media/infographics/nego tiation-styles-0712 02/02/09

7. Consider competition: Individually (write down for yourself) Make a list of some of the competitive experiences you have had that you would consider fun and/or beneficial. What was fun and/or beneficial about them? Do you think the other side experienced them the same way? PowerPoint Summary of: Conflict Styles

8. Consider competition: 5.Does competition build or harm “character”? 6.How does winning and losing contribute to “character” and “identity”? 7.How does “self esteem” relate to this? (How does self-esteem affect conflict and prospects for conflict resolution?) PowerPoint Summary of: Conflict Styles

9. Consider competition: 8.Why might it be beneficial to bolster the esteem of the other party to a conflict? 9.Would you be willing to do so? Why or why not? 10.If you wanted to, how would you go about doing it? PowerPoint Summary of: Conflict Styles

10. Midterm review 02/02/09

11. For participation makeup points, Answer the questions on slide 7-9 on competition and then write a 2-3 page essay reflection on your personal conflict style scores, and what they say about your typical approach to conflict. Particularly reflect on whether you are consistent or flexible across situations, and the implications of that. There’s no way to make up the midterm review…so don’t worry about that. 02/02/09