Change strategy and implementation
Many people associate power with unethical and immoral behaviour, self-interested attitudes and actions, and opportunistic COM FPX 3700 Assessment 1 Interpersonal Conflict behaviour. However, recent shows that power-holders can be more benevolent if they feel safe in their positions.
In experiments, participants were placed in dyads and asked to negotiate certain issues or disagreements with each other.
Teachers need to encourage students to understand that their conceptions of power affect their strategies in conflict. Too often they view conflicts as win-lose competitions thus impairing their chances for satisfactory resolutions. A broader understanding of power that emphasizes cooperative and dependent power could change this.
Likewise, teachers need to be open to modifying the social contract and not shy away from using formal authority as a way of decreasing NURS FPX 6011 Assessment 3 Evidence-Based Population Health Improvement Plan student conflict in class. This might include enforcing consistent consequences or using a set of win-win conflict resolution guidelines ll classes to follow.