2) i need a 150-200 word response to this post: Whenever you have a conflict with a co-worker, fellow student, or family member what strategy have you found to be most effective in resolving the situation? Why do you think this strategy is effective? There are five conflict management approaches. 1. Forcing- or get your own way. 2. avoiding- avoid having to deal with conflict. 3. compromising- reach an agreement quickly. 4.accomidating- don't upset the other person. 5. collaborating- solve the problem together.(385) I think at some point and time all of the approaches are used, even forcing. For example when you have kids sometimes forcing is important because there are times that a child needs to do what they are told because you do know what is better for them even if they do not like it. Avoid works when it is something that can cause a bigger problem and you need to take time to think about it, especially when people are heated about a situation and the time taken lets people cool down and be more open to other conflict resolution approaches. Compromise is good because it is agreed upon by everyone involved, though sometime there is a compromise even though they may not be happy about it and it can lead to resentment later. Being accommodating is nice but later can also lead to problems if one person is always being the one who gives, eventually it can lead to resentment. Collaborating is probably the best since everyone feels that they came up with the solution and all the ideas were heard and points taken into consideration. I would like to think that I do the collaborating approach all the time but I know that is not the case. I think the situation is important when picking an approach. If you are dealing with your kids you are going to be doing things differently than if you are dealing with co workers. With personal situations I use the more forceful and one sided approaches like forcing and avoiding, but when dealing with co workers I tend to fall more under the compromising, accommodating and collaborating approaches.