As a District Magistrate, you are mediating a severe dispute between the State Highway Authority and the Department of Environment over a proposed infrastructure project. Match each administrative intervention strategy to its correct conflict resolution mode based on the Thomas-Kilmann model.
- Invoking emergency executive powers to approve the project exactly as proposed, dismissing environmental objections.Competing
- Establishing a joint expert committee to design a novel eco-bridge solution that fully meets both traffic demands and wildlife conservation goals.Collaborating
- Approving a reduced highway width of 4 lanes instead of 6, while requiring the environment department to concede a small peripheral land strip.Compromising
- Postponing the inter-departmental review meeting indefinitely to focus on other pressing municipal issues, leaving the dispute unresolved.Avoiding
Answer
The emergency powers strategy matches Competing; the joint expert committee matches Collaborating; the reduced highway width matches Compromising; and postponing the meeting matches Avoiding.
Each administrative strategy corresponds directly to a specific mode in the Thomas-Kilmann conflict resolution model based on its balance of assertiveness (focus on own goals) and cooperativeness (focus on others' goals). Competing is high assertiveness and low cooperativeness. Collaborating is high in both. Compromising is moderate in both. Avoiding is low in both.
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Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument