Confusion picking correct option between compromising, smoothing & collaborating

Submitted by cnppmp on Tue, 05/21/2013 - 06:42
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Need help in best way or some type of hint in sitautional question, how to pick the right option if the above are provided the choices to pick.


Everyone has hie or her own way of doing it. Appreciate your help.


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CNP

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Novjot

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 10:01

Collaborating. Compromising is lose-lose situation, smoothing focus on agreement but doesn't come up with consensus.

sanskrit

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 12:19

Smoothing focus on agreement but doesn't come up with consensus.

Collaborating has some consensus.

Compromising is like I will not be all than one party wants or the other , Its almost like watered down approach or solution.

 

 

sanskrit

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 12:20

 One more thing, No matter how much you clarify, every exam will have question that will make you wonder and challenge your understanding of conflict resolution mechanism :)

abdsal

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 12:50

 

  • Avoidance. “It’s not worth arguing.” “Let’s wait and see how things shake out.”
  • Accommodating. “If it’s that important to you, well, I won’t stand in your way.”
  • Win/Lose. “My way or the highway.” “That’s a lousy idea and I want no part of it.”
  • Compromising. “OK, we’ll leave off these features I wanted, and you’ll add them and a couple more that I want in the next release.”
  • Collaborative. “There’s got to be some way we can both get what we want, let’s figure it out.”

Dcoolsam

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 14:11

Compromise: Both parties give up something.

Example of compromise: Indian arranged marriages. Girl wants 6 figure salary and handsome boy. Boy wants model girl and software engineer. Girl gives up wanting of handsome boy (chooses IT project manager working with MNC earning 25,00,000 INR) and boy chooses beautiful girl (non-working). Hence both are giving up something. Hence Compromosing. 

Smoothing: Doesn't address the real problem. It emphasizes on common, agreeing points.

Example: Husband wants to go for an English movie in a particular theatre (say Inox), and wife wants to go for a Hindi movie in the same theatre. Both are fighting. Boy's mother comes in and say: both of you want to go for a movie in Inox. Problem resolved mother says. It doesn't actually solve the problem.

Collaborating: Listen, understand both the point of views, go to-and-fro and resolve the problem, so that both are happy.

Example: Above example. Husband's mother asks, why do you want to go for an English movie.

Boy: I love action movies.

Girl: The movie will get finished by 9 PM and I would be able to dine in my favorite restraurant next to the Theatre, whereas English movie is getting over by 10 PM.

Mother: How about packing the food from favourite restrurant of yours and eating after English movie is done.

Girl and Boy: That works with me.

Problem resolved.

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cnppmp

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 15:22

Thanks to who all contributed towards concern and clraifiying my doubts with examples.


Thanks agian


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CNP

vmetha

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 17:22

nice explanation