Managing Conflict

“Managing Conflict” Please respond to the following:

  • You
    have been planning a family vacation for months. You have booked the
    hotel and purchased non-refundable airline tickets. One week before you
    are scheduled to go on your vacation, a coworker has told your manager
    that he needs to take the next week off, your vacation week, for a
    family emergency. Your manager has told you that you have to miss your
    vacation in order to cover your coworker’s shift, which means you will
    lose your hotel deposit and airline tickets. Your coworker has had
    several family emergencies during the past six months. You have been
    willing to cover for him until now.

    • Identify your conflict management style.
    • Share how you would approach your manager and coworker.
    • Discuss the possible outcomes of your approach to your manager and coworker.