Assignment
• Select and interview a professional who deals with conflict.
• Ask this person to share his or her experiences mediating a difficult conflict situation by answering the following questions:
o -Who was involved?
o -What happened?
o -What obstacles were experienced?
o -What approach was taken to influence others?
o -What and how was power demonstrated?
o -What were the outcomes of the power plays?
o -Was trust an important factor? How so? What seemed to keep trust from building?
o -What risks and trade-offs were evident in the conflict resolution?
• Prepare a response that describes:
o -The focus or general construct of the conflict
o -Your strategy for analyzing the conflict
o -The macrofactors (leadership, trust, and power) and the microattributes (values, personality, conflict style, and emotional intelligence)
o -How the two types of conflict (interpersonal and group to group) were present
o -Your conclusions about the nature of leadership in conflict resolution
o -Whether your discoveries from this exercise would alter the conflict resolution model (neutralization model).
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.