Conflict_Resolution

Conflict Resolution Why Conflict Happens It is natural as human beings for us to have conflicts especially when working amongst teams. “In our marriages or relationships, with our children, with friends, with co-workers, in politics-we all accept conflict as a normal part of the equation”. (Swenson, 2000 p.215). There are many types of conflicts such as emotional conflict and cognitive conflict to name a few. There are many reasons that conflicts arise in every day life. These conflicts may be as simple as who should speak first in a presentation, or as complex as team members not doing their share of the work load in the group. Why these conflicts occur and how we deal with them are crucial to creating a resolution and moving on to better ourselves. Emotional conflict, also known as A-type conflict, usually occurs when it is personal. You can become very defensive and resentful. According to Guetzkow & Gyr in “Tolls for Teams” it is rooted in anger, personal friction, personality clashes, ego, and tension. Emotional conflicts usually occur in teams when someone fears another’s conflict, conflicts, members, group, c-type, teams, emotional, types, trying, san, friends, best, because, way, very, try, time, take, personal, out, occur, lot, known, go, francisco, few, even, doing, deal, correct, common, cognitive, amongst, agree, about