Architecture and Design COM 4462- Weekly Assignment 3

Required readings

  • Read Textbook Chapter 12 Managing Workplace Conflict
  • Read Textbook Chapter 13 Managing Social Conflict

Answer each question individually, making connections and references to the textbook chapters.

1. Describe​ diversity-based conflict.

2.  Please write as though writing a letter to a friend. Explain your worldview and how you believe your​ friend’s worldview to be. Identify some of the issues that you are likely to be in disagreement about. How can you and your friend create a space for disagreement within the friendship without simply walking around the topics all the​ time?

3.  Please write an as though writing a letter to a friend. Explain an intractable issue you have experienced or observed and the steps that you took to try to resolve it. Demonstrate your understanding of the concepts in this chapter by advising your friend on how​ she/he might approach​her/his own conflicts.

4.  Describe​ work-life conflict.