conflict

Students always find Chapter 13 on conflict directly applicable to their everyday experiences. The department offers two courses on conflict, Communication and Conflict, COMM 115, and Mediation, COMM 116.

Jamie blogged about a housemate conflict that most college students have experienced--the person who thinks what's yours is hers/his but what's hers/his definitely is not yours. Carmen talked about the different conflict patterns that can be detected in relationships. Nicciri wrote about intrapsychic or internal conflict, which I find interesting as well. Interpersonal and intrapsychic conflict are often heavily intertwined. Rock N Roll noted that when we face a conflict situation our first choice is avoid or confront. Squirrelhands observed that confronting the boss at work often isn't the best way to go. In the workplace, conflict strategies must be framed within the reality of the organizational hierarchy and your relationship with your boss.

Communicators encounter conflict across a wide variety of interpersonal communication contexts. In spite of all those encounters, conflicts still remain difficult to manage productively.

--Professor Cyborg