Week 7 discussion
Dq1
Beneficial Conflict (graded)
Conflict can be beneficial to organizations, stimulating
cohesiveness and creativity. Of course, it can have the opposite effect.
Provide any examples of your experience with conflict. Read the article in the
Webliography entitled: Fight for What’s Right: Ten Tips to Encourage Meaningful
Conflict. Also, after reviewing the chapter, list the positiveresults that can
come from organizational conflict.
Dq2
Cultural Sensitivity (graded)
Cultural sensitivity is crucial to local and global success.
It is very difficult to be aware of and sensitive to issues and traditions we
are ignorant about. How can we decrease our own ignorance? Can we be proactive
about it, or do we just have to wait until someone alerts us that we are being
insensitive?
