Identify a recent conflict where power was an issue. Using your textbook (chapter on Power in Conflict), examine three ways in which power could be balanced (one per paragraph) using effective communication strategies. Your strategies for balancing power include: restraint, empowerment, focus on interdependence, calm persistence, active engagement, metacommunication. Your submission should be 2-3 pages (excluding title page and References) and should apply additional scholarly sources to help analyze your conflict.Here is a suggested outline:
Introduction: Open by presenting us with a discussion power impact on a conflict. Give us a thesis statement that clearly states your supporting points for the argument you will be moving forth in the paper. (TIP: write your introduction after you have completed the Body of your essay). A good introduction should satisfy the following requirements: it should have a catchy attention getter to interest your audience, it should state your credibility on the topic, it should preview main points, and it should clearly state a purpose of your piece.
Body Paragraph 1: Introduce an example of an interpersonal conflict where power was an issue. Make sure that your example is
interpersonal(meaning that it is between two individuals). Be sure to apply your course concepts when examining your conflict. Describe to us in the best way possible what happened. Your conflict description should be ½ page long at the most and should include a discussion of both sides' perspectives on the conflict.
Body Paragraph 2: Explain the first way in which power can be balanced using effective communication strategies. Introduce the 1st concept of balancing power, explain what it means using your textbook, then examine your example by explaining how applying that strategy would help the relationship. Use your textbook and/or other credible sources to show how using this strategy would help manage the conflict effectively.
Body Paragraph 3: Explain the second way in which power can be balanced using effective communication strategies. Introduce the 2nd concept of balancing power, explain what it means using your textbook, then examine your example by explaining how applying that strategy would help the relationship. Use your textbook and/or other credible sources to show how using this strategy would help manage the conflict effectively.
Body Paragraph 4: Explain the third way in which power can be balanced using effective communication strategies. Introduce the 3rd concept of balancing power, explain what it means using your textbook, then examine your example by explaining how applying that strategy would help the relationship. Use your textbook and/or other credible sources to show how using this strategy would help manage the conflict effectively.
Conclusion: wrap up your paper by reflecting on what you learned about balancing power in a conflict by analyzing this situation and reading your sources. Offer a final thought about the impact that effective communication has on avoiding, preventing, or resolving conflict in interpersonal relationships.Please make sure your paper is formatted in APA using a title page and a References page (here is a link:
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/general_format.html), include accurately formatted citations and references of at least two scholarly sources (one can be your textbook).