Individual Case Study: Interpersonal Conflict

Introduction
Conflicts will vary when faced with different situations, some of which stem from jealousy, anger, lack of communication and many other reasons. There must always be something or someone who is prohibiting a party from achieving their interests. This can be done through another party’s involvement or a form of self-conflict, which can lead a person towards their fears, whatever they may be. The type of the conflict in the scenario at hand would be an interpersonal conflict, in which both parties are competing for the demand of money. The problem is that Angela gets paid on the first Wednesday of the month, and Gary needs the money on the first day of the month. This is what causes the conflict because Gary needs the money to help …show more content…
If a person believes that someone is prohibiting them from accessing their true interests, then there is a conflict. Angela’s position is that she gets paid on Wednesday, and she will give the money to Gary as soon as she gets it. Her interest is to have a place to live, and not have to worry about being evicted. Gary’s position is that he needs the money to pay the bills for the building, and his interest would be to avoid future consequences that can arise from allowing Angela to pay rent late. Then when addressing barriers to the conflict, the major one would be how they are communicating. Both Angela and Gary are discussing the conflict but they are both feeding off their emotions over the issue. By doing this, they cannot think clearly or rationally except with the idea that they need to win the argument. Another barrier would be that neither of them knows the true reasons why the other person is so upset over the rent …show more content…
My main conflict style is competition, which approaches conflicts as a contest and that you need to win to get your own way. It would not be effective in resolving this conflict because it has already been using in previous interactions between Angela and Gary. In the previous engagements, they both resulted in an escalation of the conflict and no progress towards a resolution. The best conflict resolution style that would be most effective would be by compromising. By doing this, both Angela and Gary would be partly content with the result, both would be involved in the process of resolution, it makes for a quick decision and it is fair overall. Two aspects of the constructive conflict communication that would be applied by compromising would be active listening and by being open and honest. To come to a beneficial solution for both Angela and Gary they both need to be willing to listen to each other. It bridged gaps between the two parties and reduces the emotions that they were using to escalate the conflict. By being open and honest, it initiates the realization that there are other factors involved in the conflict besides the presented