Conflict management style influence on decision-making
Week 7 Individual Research Topic – Conflict management style influence on decision-making
- Assignment type: Individual Assignment
- The purpose of this writing assignment is to explore the effects of group conflict management styles on the effectiveness of group decision making or the group decision-making process.
- See specific format guidelines, other than APA, in the last section below.
REQUIRED SECTIONS AND COMMENTS
The paper will contain these sections/content and will adhere to APA style and format, and grammar and spelling will be of graduate-level quality. See specific format guidelines, other than APA, in the last section below.
Title Page
Table of Contents
Literature Review
- Literature Review. Each student will search the available/relevant literature to examine the effect of conflict management styles on a group’s decision-making. This review of the literature will be summarized and reported in the paper. The literature review must contain at least 8 (eight) sources from outside the assigned readings. If you have never written a Literature Review, an excellent website to read through is https://guides.library.ucsc.edu/write-a-literature-review. Your literature review’s main focus must be in keeping with paragraph 3, the first two bullets, of the website web page above. I have provided two examples of only the literature review. They can be found here, Example 1.docx, Example 2.docx.
Discussion
- Address the following in your response to this assignment:
- Define and discuss conflict management styles – focusing on managing conflicts within a group situation.
- Define and discuss decision-making. Do not elaborate on the higher-level topic of problem-solving (decision-making is a process within problem-solving).
- Identify and discuss at least three (3) different conflict management styles used within groups and the relationship between the three styles and decision making.
Findings/Conclusions
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- From your review and discussion/analysis of the literature, how does conflict management styles influence or affect a group’s decision-making? Be specific in your response. If you find in the research that conflict management styles influence group decision-making positively, then explain how group conflict management styles enhance the effectiveness of group decision making. If you find an alternate point of view in the literature, explain the alternative positions in your findings. No new material not addressed in the discussion section is included in the findings/conclusions section.
Format guidelines for both papers
- Font: Times New Roman 12
- Line Spacing: Double line spacing; do not use extra space between paragraphs or between sections
- Paragraphs: Indent (5 spaces) first line of each new paragraph
- Page Margins: 1 inch margins top/bottom/sides
- Citations and References: References are included as the last page of a paper and are in APA format (see Chapter 7 in your APA Manual). Citations to the references are included in the paper and are in APA format (see Chapter 6 in your APA Manual). Several excellent writing and APA resources can be found on this webpage in the course.
- Page Limit: The response to the case and research topic will be limited to 10 pages. The 10-page limit does not include the Title (Executive Summary of the Case Paper), Table of Content, and References pages.
WEEK 7 INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH PAPER RUBRIC
Max Points 12
| A Level Superior (10.8-12) | B Level Satisfactory (9.6-10.68) | C Level Poor (0-9.48) | |
| ORGANIZATION, LOGICAL FLOW, REQUIRED COMPONENTS (MC=1)
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The paper is superiorly well-organized and easy to follow.
It contains all the required components as outlined in the writing assignment requirements. |
The paper is satisfactorily organized and easy to follow.
It contains most of the required components, as outlined in the writing assignment requirements.
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The paper is poorly organized. It is
hard to follow.
It is missing all or several of the required components as outlined in the writing assignment requirements.
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| DEMONSTRATION OF KNOWLEDGE APPLICATION (MC=1) | It superiorly demonstrates a thorough understanding of discipline theories and concepts presented in the course and relevant to the assignment criteria.
Exhibits a superior ability to apply theories to the context of the assignment. Superiorly demonstrates an integration of current learning with prior learning to evidencing a comprehensive understanding of the subject. It superiorly demonstrates ability to analyze and synthesize communication and/or conflict resolution concepts to expand understanding or create new knowledge.
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It demonstrates a satisfactory understanding of discipline theories and concepts presented in the course, and
relevant to the assignment criteria.
Exhibits a satisfactory ability to apply theories to the context of the assignment.
Satisfactorily demonstrates an integration of current learning with prior learning, evidencing a satisfactory understanding of the subject.
It satisfactorily demonstrates the ability to analyze and synthesize communication and/or conflict resolution concepts to expand understanding or create new knowledge.
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It poorly demonstrates a basic understanding of discipline theories and concepts presented in the course or relevant to the assignment criteria.
Poorly exhibits a poor ability to apply theories within the context of the assignment.
Poor or little integration of current learning with prior learning demonstrates a shallow or poor understanding of the subject.
It poorly demonstrates the ability to analyze and synthesize communication and/or conflict resolution concepts to expand understanding or create new knowledge.
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| LITERATURE REVIEW (MC=4) | Literature Review is superior
and consists of at least eight (8) sources from outside the assigned readings providing a full supporting background for the Discussion of the assigned Conflict Management Topics. The Literature Review superiorly complies with the following stated requirement “the https://guides.library.ucsc.edu/write-a-literature-review. The focus of your literature review should be in keeping with paragraph 3, the first two bullets, of the website webpage above.”
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Literature Review is satisfactory
and consists of six (6) sources from outside the assigned readings providing a full supporting background for the Discussion of the assigned Conflict Management Topics. The Literature Review satisfactorily complies with the following stated requirement “the https://guides.library.ucsc.edu/write-a-literature-review. The focus of your literature review should be in keeping with paragraph 3, the first two bullets, of the website webpage above.”
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Literature Review is poor
and consists of less than six (6) sources from outside the assigned readings providing a full supporting background for the Discussion of the assigned Conflict Management Topics. The Literature Review poorly complies with the following stated requirement “the https://guides.library.ucsc.edu/write-a-literature-review. The focus of your literature review should be in keeping with paragraph 3, the first two bullets, of the website webpage above.”
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| DISCUSSION (MC=4) | Discussion superbly addresses each of the three areas listed below and provides excellent and consistently germane support from the literature review:
o Define and discuss conflict management styles – focusing on managing conflicts within a group situation. o Identify and discuss at least three (3) different conflict management styles used within groups. o Define and discuss decision-making. The paper does not elaborate on the higher-level topic of problem-solving (decision-making is a process within problem-solving).
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Discussion satisfactorily addresses each of the three areas listed below and provides good and germane support from the literature review:
o Define and discuss conflict management styles – focusing on managing conflicts within a group situation.
o Identify and discuss at least three (3) different conflict management styles used within groups.
o Define and discuss decision-making.
The paper does not elaborate on the higher-level topic of problem-solving (decision-making is a process within problem-solving).
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Discussion poorly addresses each or some of the three areas listed below and provides poor support from the literature review:
o Define and discuss conflict management styles – focusing on managing conflicts within a group situation.
o Identify and discuss at least three (3) different conflict management styles used within groups.
o Define and discuss decision-making.
The paper does elaborate on the higher-level topic of problem-solving (decision-making is a process within problem-solving).
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| FINDINGS/CONCLUSIONS & OTHER ITEMS (MC=2) | Findings/Conclusions are logical and appropriate, and more than superiorly address how conflict management styles influence or affect a group’s decision-making and as specified in the requirements document.
Paper superiorly follows all format guidelines, as stated in writing assignment guidance. Paper has few to no grammatical or spelling errors. The entire paper meets the APA guidelines.
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Findings/Conclusions are logical and appropriate, and more than satisfactorily address how conflict management styles influence or affect a group’s decision-making and as specified in the requirements document.
Paper satisfactorily follows all format guidelines, as stated in writing assignment guidance. The paper has some grammatical or spelling errors. Most of the paper meets APA guidelines.
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Findings/Conclusions are logical and appropriate, but less than satisfactorily address how conflict management styles influence or affect a group’s decision-making and as specified in the requirements document.
Paper poorly follows all format guidelines, as stated in writing assignment guidance. Paper has many grammatical or spelling errors. Much of the paper meets APA guidelines.
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