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Emmanuel Denguessi

Trinity Western University

LDRS 400 INTERPERSONAL LEADERSHIP: Managing Conflict Case Study on Conflict in The Real

World:

The Rational Life (2020) Group Project & Presentation - 25% Of Final Grade

Emmanuel Denguessi

Trinity Western University

According to Nexflix Wiki (2021), The Rational Life (Chinese: 理智派生活) is a Chinese romantic drama series. The series is adapted from the comic novel "Alpha Code" ("阿尔 法守则"). Officially released in Suzhou on September 28, 2020 and completed on January 8, 2021. The series aired in the Youth Progress Theater of Hunan Satellite TV on March 31, 2021 and broadcasted exclusively on Mango TV. The first season was released on June 18, 2021, on Netflix. The series is about "A career-driven" single woman around 30 years who "must contend with a cutthroat workplace, a love triangle and her nagging mom." As a part of your Group Project & Presentation Assignment, you are invited to watch three episodes of the series in the following manner:

1. Group 1 will watch the first episode 2. Group 2 will watch the first and second episodes and focus on the second. 3. Group 3 will watch the first, the second, and the third episodes and focus on the third.

Introduction

You will summarize your focus episode by describing what the episode is about. You will also identify the main characters, the conflictual situation, the accountability situation, and the negotiation situation you will present

Body Part Conflict

Summarize the conflict by describing the situation, the sources of the conflict, the actions and their results. Then, Analyze the conflict:

1. First, describe the assumed Motivational Value System (MVS) of the people involved: 2. List three strengths of their MVS and provide some examples in the episode. Then list

three overdone strengths and provide evidence from the episode. 3. What could they have done to:

• Anticipate the conflict • Prevent the conflict • Identify the conflict • Manage conflict • Resolve the conflict

Accountability

Emmanuel Denguessi

Trinity Western University

Please describe a scene of accountability in the episode and identify the people involved

1. What did the people involved do before, during, after the accountability conversation? 2. What should they have done:

• before the discussion: Please use the Six Areas of Influence (from your textbook and lectures)

• during the conversation • explain how they could have Described the Gap between what was said

and what was done. • how they could have Made it Motivated • how they could have Made it Easy • how they could have made it Flexible but Focus

Negotiation Identify and describe a negotiation scene in the episode.

1. State the types of negotiation style displayed by the people involved (hard, soft, or principle negotiation)

• Use slides 28, 29, 30 from the negotiation lecture to justify your answer.

Conclusion

1. Summarize all the work you have done for this assignment. 2. Speak about the challenges you've faced doing this assignment. 3. Speak about the things you learned working on this assignment. 4. Provide pieces of advice to people that would do a similar. assignment in the future.

Your assignment will be submitted in two different formats:

1. a word document following APA 7ed Style 2. Power Point format for your presentation

Emmanuel Denguessi

Trinity Western University