Answer to Question #194932 in Management for Basetsana

Question

Tokologo is a depressed high school learner. Her schoolmates created fake

profiles to spread rumours about her, trolling her and calling her names on

Facebook.

With a sombre look on her face, she says: “Sometimes they make all kinds of

nasty comments – why I have lost weight and what not. There’s a lot that’s

stressing me out. If it’s not my books, it’s the situation at home. They’re all just

adding more to that.”

3.1 Is Tokologo’s reaction to her schoolmates appropriate? Explain.

1 mark for taking a stance on Tokologo’s reaction and 3 marks for the

appropriate explanation. No explanation no mark for taking a stance.

1+ 3 = 4

Answer 1

No. She’s using the avoidance style in solving a conflict, whereby this style is only appropriate for a short-term mode of solution. Avoidance can be used to achieved short-term goals. Avoidance conflicts may also cause a festering of tension, which can result in a goal-stopping event, such as a blow-out argument