Question

Keeping in mind uncertain economic conditions, the workers at a steel plant agree to a lower wage package in exchange for job security. Which of the following conflict management styles does this scenario reflect?

a) Avoiding
b) Compromising
c) Collaborating
d) Accommodating

Answer 1

Compromising

Step-by-step explanation:

In business, a compromising management style refers to a style that's also called "lose-lose", this means that both sides of the conflict make sacrifices in order to reach a solution to the conflict. In other words, both sides give in on some points of their original position.

In this example, there are uncertain economic positions. The workers agree to a lower wage package (this would be a "lose" for them since they would likely don't want a lower wage package originally) in exchange for job security (in this case, the plant, since there are uncertain economic positions wouldn't originally want to give them such a job security so it would be a "lose" for them). We can see that both sides made sacrifices so this would be an example of compromising.