Assume you are on the executive board of a healthcare organization and one of your friends is the chair of the organization’s fundraising committee. Your friend has been doing a poor job, and the board has asked you to replace him with someone else. Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words: What conflict management strategy would you use to communicate this bad news to your friend? Explain your rationale.

Assume you are on the executive board of a healthcare organization and one of your friends is the chair of the organization’s fundraising committee. Your friend has been doing a poor job, and the board has asked you to replace him with someone else. Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words: What conflict management strategy would you use to communicate this bad news to your friend? Explain your rationale.

Principles of Management

OER 2019th Edition

ISBN:9780998625768

Author:OpenStax

Publisher:OpenStax

Chapter2: Managerial Decision-making

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 6CRQ: What are the two types of conflict? Which one is constructive, and which is destructive?

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