Question

In her spare time, Sharon is the chair for a local nonprofit organization. The project committee is attempting to determine what the organization's next large charity drive will be. Sharon felt that she had a great idea, but it was quickly rejected by the other committee members. So, as chair, she simply selected her idea and forced it on the other members.
According to the text, which of the following approaches to conflict did she employ?

A. avoiding
B. accommodating
C. compromising
D. competing

Answer 1

Answer: (D) Competing

Explanation:

 According to the given question, Sharon is one of the chair-person of a local non-profit organization and usually in her free time she selected the various types of ideas, thoughts and then forced her ideas on the other organizational members.

So, on the basis of the given concept she is using the competing approach to conflict as this type of approach is typically used for making quick decisions for the purpose of resolving various types of problems or issue is an organization. This is also known as the conflicting management style.  

Therefore, Option (D) is correct answer.