Personally I enjoyed talking about interpersonal conflicts
and the ways of resolving them. I say this because it seems very easy to apply
the concepts we learn in an interpersonal conflict. Knowing the opposing person
and their beliefs allows a mediator or any person attempting to resolve a
conflict to adjust their strategy that works well with the involving conflates.
When you do not know the people involved in the conflict you may say one thing
that makes to conflict even worse. Helping the needs of others is a part of
resolving conflict and if you do not know those needs in detail you run the
risk of trying to satisfy something that is already filled in a person or not
wanted. I feel when dealing with non interpersonally conflicts you should try
to assess the situation and people before jumping to a certain conclusion or
certain way of attempting to resolve the conflict.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this blog post about interpersonal conflicts for many different reasons. Mainly, I liked the part in which you talk how knowing the opposing person and their beliefs can make it easier for the mediator to help them out. The more you know about a situation the more that you are going to be able to help them. If you cannot relate to their situation then it is going to be almost impossible to give insight and help mediate their conflict. I hate going into situations blind, and not knowing what is going to happen in them. Overall, good post and something that I could also relate to.