What Is The Five-Stage Of Pondy's Five-Stage Model

It was my senior year of high school, and our soccer season was just a few weeks from beginning. With only eleven starting spots available and thirty of us on the team, having a starting job on opening night was heavily competed for. By having a great season prior to this one, many teammates were gunning for my position in particular. Given, this sometimes created a hostile practice environment for me. Hostility at practice was nothing I was not used to; however, one practice got a little too out-of-hand between a teammate and myself because of this. For this reflective paper, I will chart this particular conflict and examine the stages in which it progressed through. Let’s take a look.
Body
In the latent stage of PONDY’s five-stage model, competition for scarce resources is the number one condition in which provides potential for conflict. In our case, that scarce resource was the starting forward …show more content…
The best part of it all was that the coach sent him home for having such a poor attitude, and we continued practice. I am glad I kept my cool as long as I did, because this situation turned out to be ever in my favor.
Unfortunately, a few months into the season I caught mononucleosis. Benched for the season, I had to voluntarily hand this horrible teammate my playing time essentially. This ended up creating our resolution, though. This is also the disruption phase of Rummel’s model, too. I was forced to part ways due to a medical illness, so the conflict had no choice but to terminate. We did officially, however, come to terms by the end of the season, leaving no basis for future conflict.
Conclusion
There was much to learn from this conflict. It heavily tested my patience, ethics, and morals at one point; however, I am glad it turned out the way it did. In conclusion, I hope to use what I learned from this situation and use it to my advantage for any future conflicted situations in my