MBA 506 Thinking Styles: Conflict Management Analysis & Evaluation

This report analyzes a television interview between Peter Navarro and Ari Melber, focusing on conflict management issues. It identifies the causes of conflict, the audiences each speaker addresses, and instances of threats or adversarial discussions. The analysis explores the negotiation dynamics, the effectiveness of each speaker's message, and the techniques used to manage the conflict. The report also identifies conflict resolution techniques such as compromising, accommodating, and collaborating, emphasizing the importance of managing conflicts for effective communication. Desklib offers similar solved assignments and past papers for students.

Conflict management
Analysis and Evolution

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................1
CAUSES OF CONFLICT..........................................................................................................1
BACKGROUND........................................................................................................................2
ANALYSIS................................................................................................................................2
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES...........................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
The current research report aims to evaluate the television interview and writing the
analytical report by exploration of the conflict management issues being evident in that
interview. For this purpose, the television interview of Peter Navarro, an American economist
being interviewed by journalist Ari Melber on MSNBC show ‘The Beatith Ari Melber’ is
being taken into consideration. They both are discussing in relation with the MAGA plot to
overturn the 2020 presidential election, which was being detailed and mentioned by Navarro
in his book. Additionally, Melber in his show fact checks Navarro in real-time. The current
report will throw some light on the causes of conflict, provide brief biographies of the two
speakers and will also identify the audience they are appealing to. Furthermore, focus will
also be made on the core message across, determining whether the speakers were threatened
and whether the discussion become emotional or adversaria.
CAUSES OF CONFLICT
Talking in relation with conflicts, they are quite inevitable when there are different
people working collaboratively. Further, it is referred as the situation where differences in
viewpoints or some sort of disagreement takes place amid two or more parties. As in the
current television interview, there are differences in opinion between the two speakers, which
resulted in conflicts amid the two speakers. It is important that the conflict should be resolved
effectively. It is not only significant to resolve the conflicts however it is equally crucial to
make sure that the parties being involved in the flight or hot conversation does not
unreasonably end up being in any form of stress throughout the resolution process of the
conflict. There are two important techniques that can be used for resolving the conflicts and
these are as follows:
 Compromising or Reconciling – Many a times for some conflicts, there is a
requirement for involved parties to think of the other direction wherein both the
parties being involved makes decision to give up something and determine a
resolution. Such kind of solution to the conflicts is not permanent for that moment and
are also not regarded as an enduring solution. This might also result in the lose-lose
kind of a result because both the parties might sense a feeling that they have lost
something (Mahvar, Ashghali Farahani & Aryankhesal, 2018).
 Accommodating – This is also being considered as one of the most crucial techniques
when the environment appears to be filled with distrust between the parties being
involved. In such a situation, no one is ready to resolve the conflict. In such kind of a
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condition, one of the parties can take the control and make efforts to smooth the
atmosphere through utilizing nice phrases and words and through focusing on the
points of agreements as well as playing down on the points of disagreements. Such
type of conflict resolving technique can act as a catalyst for breaking the discomfort
amid the involved parties through creation of feeling of trust. Further, it also
motivates them to come forwards and solve the problems amid them.
 Collaborating – This is the method in which parties being involved in the conflict
come up with the issue at hand with open mind and emphasize on solving the issue
and search for the best alternative. They do discussion above then their personal
emotions and just emphasize on the win-win outcome.
BACKGROUND
Speaking in volume in relation with “the Beat with Ari Melber” where the interview
of Peter Navarro took place, it is an American news and politics program which is being
hosted by chief legal correspondent for the network MSNBC, Mr. Ari Melber. It airs
weekdays at 6 PM ET. This show is very popular as it features the new reporting, panels, one
to one interview along with special reports by the anchor (Bauder, 2017). In addition to this,
the show also involves "Fallback Friday" segment on every Friday which is being loved by
each and everyone. Other than this, this show was also been awarded for best TV shows in
the year 2017 because the reporting of the show supported in untangling the consequences of
Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, figuring out the real law hidden through the
opinionated self-importance of different cable news formats. In regards with the audience that
each speaker is appealing to with their comments, it can be said that Peter Navarro is directly
addressing in regards with the Vice President of the United States of America, people of the
state, administrators of the election and the secretaries of the state. However, on the other
hand, the anchor of the show is addressing to the educated, political diverse, old and public
service media. He is also targeting the audience who have some or the other political as well
as civic interest in regards with the news (Steinberg, 2017). He is also trying to influence the
ability of the politicians through these discussions and they are also one of the audiences that
the speaker is appealing.
ANALYSIS
There were mainly two protagonists being involved in the interview that took place in
the show “the Beat with Ari Melber”, one was Mr. Ari Melber, chief legal correspondent for
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the network MSNBC who was the anchor of the show and the other one was Peter Navarro,
an American economist (Ari Melber Biography. (2021). They both were having a discussion
in relation with the MAGA plot to overturn the 2020 presidential election, which was being
detailed and mentioned by Navarro in his book. They both were showing reciprocity element
of DNA of negotiation process as they are countering back to each other’s argument.
However, Peter Navarro was more effective in getting his core message across as he has done
homework prior coming to this show and has also researched many shows, stories and
documents before claiming fraud in the elections (Lam, 2021).
Both the speakers were creating or inventing likely stories for their adversaries. In
regards with, Peter Navarro, he was claiming that the there has been fraud in the elections and
irregularities which was not considered by the vice president of United States of America
despite of having acknowledged by him. He further stated that Pence didn’t listen to him and
just get himself involved in these irregularities. On the other hand, the anchor of the show Ari
Melber was supporting the president and Vice president and all other administrators of
elections that they are not involves in election fraud and has asserted that Peter Navarro is
just saying false statements with no sound evidence.
Moving further, there were no signs of threatened being observed or seen during the
interview process. However, there were some points where the discussion was heated up such
as in the instance when Peter Navarro said that Pence was not listening to him despite of his
steady reminder about the fraud and irregularities in election. To that, the anchor got angry
and questioned him back that why he was not listening to you. Nevertheless, both the
speakers didn’t feel threatened at point of time (Kay & Skarlicki, 2020).
There were many instances where the discussion became adversarial or in other words
involves an opposition or conflict. The very first took place at 8:00 minutes when Peter
Navarro said that Pence refused to take his repetitive phones calls despite of the direct request
from the President Trump. To that, the anchor got angry and questioned him around 8:44
minutes that what did he think was the reason behind refusion of the vice president to respond
to his phone calls. In addition to this, there was also one instance when Peter Navarro
questioned at 2:10 minutes and blames that the elections was stolen by fraud and election
irregularities. To this, the anchor contradicted his statements and refuse to accept that the
election was fraud at 2:18 minutes. If the tension was diffused and the discussion would have
returned to safety then the discussion might be regarded as an emotional. This is due to the
fact that in that situation the efforts, thoughts and attention being given, crowds the minds of
other and there is no room of examination.
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CONCLUSION
Thus, from the above analysis, it can be said that it is quite essential to manage
conflicts because it results in tensions, distrust and cerates emotional imbalance in the mind
of the parties or people being involved in the conflicts. The current research report has clearly
identified different techniques of managing conflicts such as compromising, accommodating
and collaborating. There are other different techniques as well which can be used for
managing that has taken place between the two parties, for example, becoming a calming
agent, accepting the conflicts, working together, evaluating the conflicts, listening actively
and so forth. In addition to this, it is important that the parties involved in any discussion
should resolve the conflicts taking place between them as soon as possible. This is due to the
fact that the well-managed conflict becomes the key towards effective communication. Other
than this, as in the current case both the speakers were involved in the conflicts as their
opinions about their adversaries were quite different. Thus, if such kind of conflicts are not
resolved in time than it might result into explosive behaviour and later on, resentment.
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REFERENCES
Books and journals
Bauder, D. (2017). Ari Melber tries to improve a troubled time slot at MSNBC. The Seattle
Times.
Kay, A.A., & Skarlicki, D.P. (2020). Cultivating a conflict-positive workplace: How
mindfulness facilitates constructive conflict management. Organizational Behaviour
and Human Decision Processes, 159, 8-20.
Mahvar, T., Ashghali Farahani, M., & Aryankhesal, A. (2018). Conflict management
strategies in coping with students' disruptive behaviours in the classroom: Systematized
review. Journal of advances in medical education & professionalism, 6(3), 102–114.
Steinberg, B. (2017). MSNBC to Launch 'The Beat With Ari Melber' on Monday. Variety.
Online references
Ari Melber Biography. (2021). [Online]. Available through:
<https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/ari-melber-52959.php>. [Accessed on
10thJune 2022].
Lam, P. (2021). Who Is Peter Navarro? [Online]. Available through:
<https://www.investopedia.com/articles/insights/012717/peter-navarro.asp>. [Accessed
on 10thJune 2022].
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