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Conflict Management

Conflict can be defined as the negative differences of opinion or emotions experienced as a result of disagreeing over certain issues. Conflict goes along with teamwork, because if a team does not work well together, it could lead to losing complete sight of the goal. If there is conflict, it should be functional so that clarification and understanding can be a result and way forward which benefits everyone. Dysfunctional conflict however leads to unproductivity, wasting of resources and sometimes even violence.

In the movie, because the team is multicultural; has difference in age and members come from different backgrounds, they judge each other(48:22). This can create a feeling of insecurity within the members and can prevent them from expressing their ideas and opinions even if they’re good. Which may ultimately prevent breakthroughs.

The team eventually bonds from a night out o drinking. This puts the characters in a relaxed state(I’m not defending anything) and they explore different sides to themselves that they may not have known about. This ironically leads them to making a breakthrough in their task.

Billy and Nick are much older than the other memebers and they are not respected by their members at first because the younger members feel that they are “washed” and serve no purpose. Billy and Nick also find it difficult to relate to their partners because they were not born in the digital age like them, but they are optimistic which is inspirational.

When Graham’s team loses the internship and doesn’t get the job, he blames everyone else in his team which tells us that he is a sore loser and not a good leader. Sometimes one needs to accept their losses and learn from them instead of blaming everyone else and not taking accountability.

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