complete the assessment.In a few sentences, describe if you agree or disagree with your results. Do you think that your preferred conflict management style will be beneficial in an organization? Why or why not?

Below are 4 situations. Rank all 5 alternative actions from 1, the first approach you would pick (most desirable), to 5 the last approach you would take (least desirable). Don't try to pick a best answer. Select the alternative that best describes what you would actually do in the situation based on your past experiences. 1. You are the general manager of a manufacturing plant. The purchasing department has found a source of material at a lower cost than the one being used. However, the production manager says the current material is superior and he doesn't want to change it. The quality control manager says that both will pass inspection with similar results. You would: a. ______Do nothing; let the purchasing and production managers work it out between themselves b. ______Suggest having the purchasing manager find an alternative material that is cheaper but acceptable to the production manager c. ______Have the purchasing and production managers compromise d. ______Decide who is right and make the other comply e. ______Get the purchasing and production managers together and work out an agreement acceptable to both parties 2. You are a professor at a college. You have started a consulting organization and have the title of the director of consulting services, which the dean has approved. You run the organization through the business department, using other faculty and yourself to consult. It has been going well. Randy, the director of continuing education, say that your consulting services should come under his department and not be a separate department. You would: a. ______Suggest that some services be under continuing education, but that others, like your consulting services, remain with you in the business department b. ______Do what you can to stop the move. Go to the dean and request that the consulting services stay under your direction in the business department, as originally approved by the dean. c. ______Do nothing. The dean will surely see thought this "power grab" and turn Randy down. d. ______Go and talk to Randy. Try to come up with an agreement you are both satisfied with. e. ______Go along with Randy's request. It is not worth fighting about; you can still consult. 3. You are the branch manager of a bank. One of your colleagues cut you off twice during a manager's meeting that just ended. You would: a. ______Do nothing; it is not big deal. b. ______Discuss it in a friendly manner, but try to get the colleague to stop this behavior. c. ______Do not do or say anything because it might hurt your relations, even if you are a little upset about it. d. ______Forcefully tell the colleague that you put up with being cut off, but will not tolerate it in the future. e. ______Tell the colleague that you will listen without interrupting if s/he does the same for you. 4. You are the HR Manager. You have decided to have visitors sign in and wear guest passes. However, only half of the employees sign their guests in before taking them to their offices to do business. You would: a. ______Go talk to the general managers about why employees are not signing in visitors. b. ______Try to find a method that will please the most employees. c. ______Go to the general manager and request that s/he require employees to follow your procedures. If the general manager says to do it, then the employees will comply. d. ______Do not require visitors to sign in; require them to only wear guest passes. e. ______Let the employees do things the way that they want to. Turn the page over to score your responses.