What's the relationship between PMBOK's conflict management model and Thomas-Kilmann conflict management model
Yan WuTrainer/Consultant| Changeway Management Consulting Co., Ltd.Beijing, China, Mainland
This Q is surely basic question. Someone suggest that we should take the smooth strategy the same meaning of accommodating. In our way of training in China, we suggest that smoothing means we delay the conflict and keep the collaberation. We are argued that how should we classify the accommodating scenario to the PMBOK's conflict management model. I suggest that accommodating comes to confront or compromise in PMBOK, but can't find the theoretical basis. Saving Changes...
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Thomas WalentaGlobal Project Economy ExpertHackenheim, Germany
The PMBoK Guide does not refer to the dimensions of assertiveness and collaboration as TKI does. A similar model to TKI is the Blake/Mouton model with the dimensions concern for people and concern for results.
If you want to put the PMBoK styles in a 2x2 matrix, the dimensions would be the 2 conflict parties with a loose-win axis for both. Smoothing/accommodation is then defined that both sides loose (maintain harmony), withdrawing/avoiding that one side gives way to the other side forcing, resulting in loose-win.
My personal view and how I teach it. Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
The only thing that matters is adjust your way to perform project management to the context. Theories are mere point of references. I have the opportunity to work with multi-cultural, highly distributed teams (including it China) and from years I understand the only way to deal with conflicts and other type of things is to understand the basement of each culture and to discover behavor patterns they have. Saving Changes...
