Course Overview
To develop knowledge and understanding of conflict management and
supporting individuals as required by a practicing or potential
first line manager :
• Know how to resolve
conflict in the workplace
Assessment Criteria
• Identify causes of
conflict at work
• Describe the stages in the development of conflict
• Explain the effects of conflict on individual and team performance
at work
• Explain any recognized technique a manager could use to minimize
and resolve conflict in the workplace
• Describe how a manager could create harmony at work and engender a
positive atmosphere in order to minimize the adverse effects of
conflict
International
Curriculum
Unit 3.14 - Validated by ILM, the
Institute of Leadership & Management.
Course Outline
Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
What Is Conflict?
Activity 1
Activity 2
Managing Conflict
The Need to Know Yourself
Submissive Behaviors
Assertive Behaviors
Aggressive Behaviors
Activity 3
WORKBOOK: Causes of Conflict in Teams
What is ‘conflict’?
Case Study
What causes conflict?
Exercise
The effect of conflict
Case Study
Conflict has to be dealt with
Comprehension Check
Making Connections
Think & Apply
Assertiveness
Why Use Assertiveness?
How to be Assertive
Activity 4
You Have the Right to Be Assertive
The Levels Of Conflict
- Hiccups & Clashes
CUDSA : A Five-Step Framework for Managing Conflict
- Step 1: Confront the Conflict
- Step 2: Understand Each Other’s Position
- Step 3: Define the Problem (s)
- Step 4: Search For and Evaluate Alternative Solutions
- Step 5: Agree Upon and Implement the Best Solution (s)
- CUDSA Summary
Crises
Conclusion
Turning Conflict To Your Advantage
12 Rules to Help You
Conquer Life's Daily Battles
Common Problems
Dealing with Someone Unwilling to Negotiate
Addressing Power Imbalances
Managing Impasse
Multi-party Disputes
Resolving Conflict - GuidelinesKnow Yourself
Clarify Personal Needs Threatened by the Dispute
Consequences of Not Resolving the Conflict
Ground rules
Activity 5
Identify a Safe Place for Negotiation
Take a Listening Stance into the Interaction
Assert Your Needs Clearly and Specifically
Approach Problem Solving with Flexibility
Manage Impasse
Build an Agreement that Works
WORKBOOK: Resolving Team Conflicts
Identify goals
Work towards agreement
Case Study
Exercise
When conflict can’t be resolved through compromise
Exercise
Assert yourself
Comprehension Check
Making Connections
Think & Apply
Bullying And HarassmentActivity 6
Activity 7
Activity 8
Conclusion