A good example of a conflict situation that is relevant to agricultural education services is natural disasters like hurricanes and tornadoes (Agricultural Development and the Cost of Conflict, 2016). When such disasters happen, they lead to the disruption of agricultural production cycles especially when they hit a crop that is...

Handling conflict as a leader requires effective communication with employees and co-workers in an organization. Not everyone communicates in the same manner, so an effective leader needs to adapt to different communication styles in order to resolve conflicts. Additionally, communication barriers can contribute to the conflict; the leader will need...

In our Week 5 discussion transcript (2017), we saw a situation in which a staff nurse brought up valid safety concerns about her working environment to one of her lead nurses. The lead nurse did a great job actively listening to what the staff nurse had to say and even...

The conflict in “The Story of an Hour” can be read in the traditional way as woman in conflict with herself, but the internal emotional turmoil that Mrs. Mallard feels is not really stimulated by her own psyche, but rather society’s impact upon that psyche. The conflict at the heart...

Conflict is an unavoidable aspect of any large group endeavour: as such, conflict within organizations is something which needs to be understood and managed effectively. Whether or not conflict should be considered a negative phenomenon or not, however, depends on how effectively it is managed and controlled. It is clear...