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  • 1.  Looking for reading on conflict management styles

    Posted 04-11-2011 15:53
    Colleagues:

    I'm trying to find a good reading on conflict management styles, specifically, 5 distinct styles popularized by Kenneth Thomas, among others.  Ideally would be accessible to an MBA audience; think Harvard Business Review or AME style.   Would appreciate any suggestions.

    Thanks,

    Doug Pugh



    S. Douglas Pugh, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor
    Department of Management
    Virginia Commonwealth University
    301 West Main Street, P.O. Box 844000
    Richmond, VA 23284-4000
    804-828-7116



  • 2.  Looking for reading on conflict management styles

    Posted 04-11-2011 21:19
    This is based on the Thomas classification

    http://tm.mbs.ac.uk/leadership-management/time-for-obama-and-the-democrats-to-play-hardball/

    hth
    m


    Martin G. Evans
    Professor Emeritus
    Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto



    URL: www.rotman.utoronto.ca/~evans



    On 4/11/2011 3:52 PM, Steven D Pugh/FS/VCU wrote:
    > Colleagues:
    >
    > I'm trying to find a good reading on conflict management styles,
    > specifically, 5 distinct styles popularized by Kenneth Thomas, among
    > others. Ideally would be accessible to an MBA audience; think Harvard
    > Business Review or AME style. Would appreciate any suggestions.
    >
    > Thanks,
    >
    > Doug Pugh
    >
    >
    >
    > *S. Douglas Pugh, Ph.D*.
    > Associate Professor
    > Department of Management
    > Virginia Commonwealth University
    > 301 West Main Street, P.O. Box 844000
    > Richmond, VA 23284-4000
    > 804-828-7116
    >


  • 3.  Looking for reading on conflict management styles

    Posted 04-11-2011 21:58

    Hi Doug,

     

    This isn't new, but it was written by Thomas for practitioners.

     

    Thomas, K. W. (1978). Introduction. California Management Review, 21(2), 56-60.

     

    And I highly recommend supplementing it with this clip from "The Office." I use the clip in my core MBA class.

     

    http://faculty.washington.edu/mdj3/Video%20clips/management.wmv

     

     

    Michael D. Johnson

    Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior

    Foster School of Business, University of Washington

    544 Paccar Hall, Box 353266, Seattle, WA 98195

    http://faculty.washington.edu/mdj3/mjohnson/

    (206) 616-2756

     

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    Colleagues:

    I'm trying to find a good reading on conflict management styles, specifically, 5 distinct styles popularized by Kenneth Thomas, among others.  Ideally would be accessible to an MBA audience; think Harvard Business Review or AME style.   Would appreciate any suggestions.

    Thanks,

    Doug Pugh



    S. Douglas Pugh, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor
    Department of Management
    Virginia Commonwealth University
    301 West Main Street, P.O. Box 844000
    Richmond, VA 23284-4000
    804-828-7116



  • 4.  Looking for reading on conflict management styles

    Posted 04-12-2011 07:49
    Doug:
     
    This may not be exactly what you're looking for in terms of a reading to assign, but Callanan and Perri (2009)'s Teaching Conflict Management Using a Scenario-Based Approach published in the Journal of Education for Business may be worth considering.
     
    Blake
     

    R. Blake Jelley, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor

    School of Business

    University of Prince Edward Island

    550 University  Ave.

    Charlottetown, PE C1A 4P3

    bjelley@upei.ca

    (902) 566-0449



    >>> Steven D Pugh/FS/VCU <sdpugh@VCU.EDU> 4/11/2011 4:52 PM >>>
    Colleagues:

    I'm trying to find a good reading on conflict management styles, specifically, 5 distinct styles popularized by Kenneth Thomas, among others.  Ideally would be accessible to an MBA audience; think Harvard Business Review or AME style.   Would appreciate any suggestions.

    Thanks,

    Doug Pugh



    S. Douglas Pugh, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor
    Department of Management
    Virginia Commonwealth University
    301 West Main Street, P.O. Box 844000
    Richmond, VA 23284-4000
    804-828-7116