In a world where we care too much about the cost and the profit, about the manufactured product and the benefit, we do lose so much quality of our potential human interactions. Therefore, there is a call for change and improvement to effectively reconstruct our philosophy for we can not build constructive communication upon inadequate principles of the previous centuries. Managing conflict in interpersonal relationships is one of the crucial concepts needs focus and care. In fact, these days no one can run away from the speed of technology and globalization. For this reason, interacting in a diversified context or with a different culture has become a matter of necessity. Actually, there is a great percentage of the human network still communicates through a tunnel vision rather than a broader one. In other words, most people interact without acknowledging the effect of how different perspectives, ideas and cultures can be fruitful and constructive in the era of communication. If yet, there is no adoption of a more balanced view towards managing the conflict, reinterpreting the behavior, and evaluating a rational quality, there will be no chance to reach positive and constructive results.
The critical component to a successful conflict management is to be fully aware of the type of the conflict. First, by understanding our own traits to manage the first step which is: managing the conflict within ourselves. Second, to avoid clinging to one culture in order to go through the second step which is: managing the conflict with the other.
The challenge is that even with our fully understanding of these previous points, miscommunication is likely to happen especially when there is a considerable cultural difference between the communicators. Hence, our interpersonal relationships may possibly be tense and lead to a conflict or intensify a conflict that already exists.

K-man
North Carolina
4.07 am ( 2008)