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Cooperating with the other party's wishes while not asserting one's own
interests is the hallmark of ________.
Accommodating
A ________ style tends to maximize assertiveness for your own position
and minimize cooperative responses.
Competing
________ combines intermediate levels of assertiveness and cooperation.
Compromise
In the ________ mode, both assertiveness and cooperation are maximized
in the hope that an integrative agreement occurs that fully satisfies the
interests of both parties.
Collaborating
Approaches to managing conflict are a function of both how ________ you
are in trying to satisfy your own or your group's concerns and how
__________ you are in trying to satisfy those of the other party or group.
a) Passive; conciliatory
b) Assertive; cooperative
c) Demanding; accommodating
d) Positive; aggressive
b) Assertive; cooperative
If the issue is trivial, information is lacking, people need to cool down, or the
opponent is very powerful and very hostile, _________ might be a sensible
conflict response.
a) Avoidance
b) Collaboration
,c) Accommodation
d) Competing
a) Avoidance
When is accommodating the best conflict management style?
a) When the conflict is win-lose
b) When you are the boss
c) When you were wrong
d) When the conflict is critical
c) When you were wrong
When you have a lot of power, you are sure of your facts, the situation is
truly win-lose, or you will not have to interact with the other party again,
___________ might be the best strategy.
a) Compromising
b) Collaborating
c) Competing
d) Accommodating
c) Competing
________ is a decision-making process among interdependent parties who
do not share identical preferences.
Negotiation
________ ________ assumes a zero-sum, win-lose situation in which a
fixed pie is divided up between the parties.
Distributive negotiation
________ ________ assumes that mutual problem solving can result in a
win-win situation in which the pie is actually enlarged before distribution.
Integrative negotation
________ ________ are attractive outcomes that can be achieved only by
collaboration.
Superordinate goals
, ________ ________ is conflict for which the benefits outweigh the costs.
Constructive conflict
________ ________ is a strategy of increasing conflict to motivate change.
Conflict stimulation
Negotiation is a decision-making process among interdependent parties
who do not share __________ preferences.
a) Work-related
b) Similar
c) Any
d) Identical
d) Identical
Distributive negotiation assumes a zero-sum situation. This means
___________________.
a) It may result in deadlock
b) Both parties can come out ahead
c) Neither party can get what they want
d) It is a win-lose negotiation
d) It is a win-lose negotiation
Verbal ___________ is an attempt to change the attitudes of the other
party toward your target position. Persuaders are most effective when they
are perceived as expert, likable, and unbiased.
a) Persuasion
b) Concessions
c) Threats
d) Negotiation
a) Persuasion
Which of the following is NOT a technique useful in integrative negotiation?
a) Cutting costs
b) Copious information exchange