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This course explores the critical principles and practices of effective leadership and teamwork within organizational settings. Students will examine various leadership theories, styles, and approaches, while developing skills to motivate teams, manage group dynamics, communicate effectively, and resolve conflicts. Through case studies, group projects, and experiential activities, participants will learn to harness individual and collective strengths, foster collaboration, and drive team performance towards common goals. The course emphasizes ethical decision-making, self-awareness, and adaptability as foundational elements for successful leadership in diverse and changing environments.
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Interpersonal Conflict 9th Edition by William
W. Wilmot
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Chapter 1: The Nature of Conflict
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Q1) Unresolved conflict can have an impact on a person's mental health.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Increasing accurate self-awareness will help you better manage conflict.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Which of the following is a potential benefit of conflict for interpersonal relationships?
A) Partners increase understanding of each other.
B) One partner can prove how right s/he is.
C) You never need to look at another person's point of view.
D) The relationship can end and you can be free to pursue other goals.
E) Participants can figure out why the other is wrong.
Answer: A
Q4) According to the text,"disagreements" are the same as "conflicts."
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Perspectives on Conflict
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Q1) According to Hocker and Wilmot,which type of family is characterized by walking away from conflicts,never raising your voices,not telling anyone if there is a struggle,and keeping strong feelings to yourself?
A) collaborative family
B) permissive family
C) aggressive family
D) avoidant family
E) passive family
Answer: D
Q2) The text says anger is the predominant emotion in all conflicts.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Many times,women remain in more of a "listening" role during conflict than men.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Interests and Goals
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Q1) Which of the following statement is NOT true about relational issues and identity?
A) Identity issues do not affect relationship messages.
B) You always give relational messages.
C) We each translate or interpret relational messages differently.
D) Relational interests are more important than topic interests.
E) Our relational interests are triggered in reaction to the other's behavior.
Answer: A
Q2) Hocker and Wilmot summarize several advantages of clarifying your goals in a conflict.Which of the following is NOT an advantage identified?
A) Clear goals are reached more often than unclear ones.
B) Clear goals can be altered more easily than vague ones.
C) Only clear goals can be shared.
D) Solutions go unrecognized if you don't know what you want.
E) Knowing the other's goals helps you manipulate the situation to get what you want.
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Power: the Structure of Conflict
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Q1) According to the text,if you aren't the "boss" at work,you don't really have any power.
A)True B)False
Q2) Hocker and Wilmot contend that power is not owned by an individual,but is a product of a social relationship.
A)True B)False
Q3) Empowerment is most likely when
A) Communication behaviors are ineffective combined with excessive use of power.
B) Expressions of interpersonal power are sufficient and communication behaviors are effective.
C) Communication behaviors are effective and an individual has very low interpersonal power.
D) Expressions of interpersonal power are excessive and communication behaviors are effective.
E) None of the above
Q4) List,define,and provide examples of the RICE power currencies in interpersonal relationships.
Q5) Discuss productive "low-power" strategies.
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Chapter 5: Conflict Styles
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Q1) Identify at least two advantages and two disadvantages of each of the five conflict styles identified by Rahim in your text.
Q2) The Avoid-Criticize Loop is helpful because it gives you time to think about what you need to actually criticize when you talk to the other person.
A)True
B)False
Q3) List,describe,and give an example of the five kinds of analytic remarks you might use when "integrating" with others?
Q4) You are more likely to dominate than oblige when you score high on which of the following?
A) concern for self
B) concern for other
C) concern for relationship
D) self-centered
E) other-oriented
Q5) The primary disadvantage to integration is the time it often requires to really work.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Emotions in Conflict
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Q1) Self-protective emotions are associated with:
A) The right hemisphere of the brain
B) The left hemisphere of the brain
C) Physical triggers
D) Destructive individuals
E) Our identities
Q2) Fear and anxiety often influence our choices in managing conflict.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Experiencing and expressing positive emotions (joy,contentment,etc.)can lead to empathy and compassion,which ultimately help a person manage conflict.
A)True
B)False
Q4) When we feel extremely intense emotions during conflict,we are usually experiencing a threat to which of the following elements of the TRIP acronym?
A) Topic
B) Relationship
C) Identity
D) Process
E) None of the above
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Chapter 7: Analyzing Your Conflicts
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Q1) "Total marriages" are what the book suggests as the best goal for all marriages.
A)True B)False
Q2) If a conflict progresses to Stage IV,as described in the book,the authors suggested that a neutral 3<sup>rd</sup>-party become involved to help.
A)True B)False
Q3) Which of the following terms best describes a marriage where both partners accept a conventional,calm,ordered marriage that maintains little conflict?
A) conflict-habituated relationship
B) devitalized marriage
C) passive-congenial relationship
D) vital relationship
E) total marriage
Q4) The concept of "circular causality" is less concerned with where the conflict started,and more concerned with the sequence of patterns in the conflict.
A)True B)False
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Chapter 8: Interpersonal Negotiation
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Q1) Briefly describe and give a "real life" example of the XYZ skill in a real or hypothetical situation.
Q2) "Tradeoffs" are a strategy used in competitive bargaining.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Recount a recent public conflict and identify the ways in which parties used destructive strategies in an attempt to equalize or at least come close to balancing power.
Q4) From a competitive approach,Principled Negotiation may appear weak.According to the authors of your text,strength or toughness comes in the form of:
A) accommodating the other.
B) firm flexibility.
C) standing up for your principles at all costs.
D) relying on criteria established by others.
E) inherent interests
Q5) Describe how cultural assumptions of negotiation can be problematic.What suggestions do you have for managing potential problems?
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Chapter 9: Third-Party Intervention
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Q1) List,describe,and illustrate the five stages of the mediation process.Explain how each stage is important to the process.
Q2) Mediators control the "process" of communication,not the outcomes of the mediation.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following contexts would be appropriate for mediation?
A) Marital disputes
B) Workplace disputes
C) Teacher/student disagreements
D) Conflict amongst members of a Homeowners' Association
E) Any of the above may be appropriate contexts for mediation.
Q4) Intervention helps transform conflicts in many ways.Which of the following would not qualify as "transformation?"
A) Changing how parties express their conflict.
B) Becoming best friends with the other party (parties).
C) Becoming aware of more options.
D) Modifying perceived or actual scarce resources
E) Adjust the actual or perceived interference by the opposing parties
Q5) What is the most significant difference between mediation and arbitration?
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Chapter 10: The Practice of Forgiveness and Reconciliation
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Q1) Unlike giving forgiveness,receiving forgiveness is a simple task.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A common misconception about forgiveness is that it excuses the behavior or situation.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Differentiate between implicit and explicit forms of forgiveness.What role can "gestures" play?
Q4) Brett has once again clobbered his brother Tyler over the head with a toy.Immediately their mother pulls Brett aside and tells him to go over to his brother and apologize.Brett glances in Tyler's direction and says (with a bit of sarcasm)"Sorry." Brett's apology is an example of which of the following forms of apology?
A) Expedient apology
B) Compelled apology
C) Delayed apology
D) Sincere apology
E) Public apology
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