Nature of Conflict
Defining Conflict
• Cooperative-Competitive Conflicts
Purely Cooperative Conflicts:-
1. Integrating Style
2. Obliging Style
3. Dominating Style
4. Avoiding Style
5. Compromising Style
1. Integrating Style
According to integrative-dimension:
The integrating style attempts to increase the
satisfaction of the concerns of both parties by
finding unique solutions to the problems
acceptable to them.
The avoiding style leads to the reduction of
satisfaction of the concerns of both parties as a
result of their failure to confront and solve their
problems.
Distributive-dimension
According to integrative-dimension:
The dominating style attempts to obtain high
satisfaction of concerns for self (and provide low
satisfaction of concerns for others).
The obliging style attempts to obtain low
satisfaction of concerns for self (and provide high
satisfaction of concerns for others).
Intersection of the Two Dimensions
Compromising Style: The compromising style
represents the point of intersection of the two
dimensions, that is, a middle-ground position
where both parties receive an intermediate level
of satisfaction of their concerns from the
resolution of their conflicts.
Integrative and Distributive Dimensions Model