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    The document discusses Mark Zuckerberg's competitive conflict management style as the leader of Facebook. It describes instances where Zuckerberg demanded direct obedience from employees rather than consultation, and used forceful language and actions when unhappy with presentations. When tensions arose around the "Black Lives Matter" movement, Zuckerberg published an internal memo replacing it with "All Lives Matter" to express his view without taking sides. There was criticism that Facebook spread "fake news" and polarized politics, but Zuckerberg diverted attention by publishing a manifesto on handling controversial topics rather than directly addressing the allegations. Overall, Zuckerberg demonstrates a preference for dominating in crises rather than collaborating, which may alienate some employees and users

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    The document discusses Mark Zuckerberg's competitive conflict management style as the leader of Facebook. It describes instances where Zuckerberg demanded direct obedience from employees rather than consultation, and used forceful language and actions when unhappy with presentations. When tensions arose around the "Black Lives Matter" movement, Zuckerberg published an internal memo replacing it with "All Lives Matter" to express his view without taking sides. There was criticism that Facebook spread "fake news" and polarized politics, but Zuckerberg diverted attention by publishing a manifesto on handling controversial topics rather than directly addressing the allegations. Overall, Zuckerberg demonstrates a preference for dominating in crises rather than collaborating, which may alienate some employees and users

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    The document discusses Mark Zuckerberg's competitive conflict management style as the leader of Facebook. It describes instances where Zuckerberg demanded direct obedience from employees rather than consultation, and used forceful language and actions when unhappy with presentations. When tensions arose around the "Black Lives Matter" movement, Zuckerberg published an internal memo replacing it with "All Lives Matter" to express his view without taking sides. There was criticism that Facebook spread "fake news" and polarized politics, but Zuckerberg diverted attention by publishing a manifesto on handling controversial topics rather than directly addressing the allegations. Overall, Zuckerberg demonstrates a preference for dominating in crises rather than collaborating, which may alienate some employees and users

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    Leading in an Organization; Competitive Conflict Management Style

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    Competitive Conflict Management Style

    Conflict management skills are vital in organizational leadership as they help leaders find

    creative solutions to relationship issues amongst employees. Transformational leaders ought to

    be effective in communicating their problems in an organization (Blanco, 2020). This act is

    essentially helpful since the interpretation may determine how conflicting parties settle their

    issues, preventing any work interference.

    Leaders have used a competitive conflict management style in making unpopular

    decisions to handle some vital issues in their organizations; hence their views are dominant in

    achieving their goals. For instance, Mark Zuckerberg appears to use this style of conflict

    management to run Facebook. When he started Facebook, he was accused of embarrassing his

    employees by using foul language and physical violence in the recent past (Schulz, 2017). He

    was young and demanded his employees to follow his direct orders rather than consultation. At

    some point, Zuckerberg poured a cup of water on someone's computer after giving a

    presentation, which did not go well with him.

    When tension and demonstration were high on the "Black Lives Matter" slogan, mark

    Zuckerberg chose to use an alternative method in solving that crisis at hand by publishing an

    internal memo to his employees and replacing the saying with "All Lives Matter." (Schulz, 2017)

    That way, he demonstrated his feeling about what was going on without directly taking any side

    hence preventing any conflict of interest.

    There was an accusation on how Facebook was spreading "fake news" that polarized

    political stability, and Zuckerberg had not made any communication concerning the allegations

    (Jewell, 2017). Instead, he chose to divert the attention and published a working manifesto on

    controversial topics explaining steps to address them.


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    Conclusively, Zuckerberg has demonstrated that he likes dominating whenever there is a

    crisis rather than collaboration and discussion in conflict management. This competitive conflict

    management style may not go well with some employees and may make them feel alienated. In

    addition, some Facebook users may feel uncomfortable with the decisions and positions he takes.
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    References

    Schulz, M. (2017). An analysis of corporate responses to the Black Lives Matter Movement.

    Elon Journal of Undergraduate Research in Communications, 8(1), 55-65.

    Jewell, J. (2017). If Facebook ruled the world: Mark Zuckerberg's vision of a digital future. The

    Conversation, 2017(Feb 22).

    Blanco-Gracia, A. (2020). Assange vs Zuckerberg: Symbolic construction of contemporary

    cultural heroes. Organization Studies, 41(1), 31-51.

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