Unit 7 Managing Conflict.doc

Unit Seven Managing Conflict disagreement, quarrel, argument, clash, confrontation handle deal with, cope with suppress prevent sth from growing, developing or continuing eliminate get rid of, remove dysfunctional abnormal, not working in a satisfactory way time-consuming / energy-consuming be a sign of show, represent confrontation (contront) arise from come from / stem from / result from lead to cause adaptation (adapt, adaptable, adaptability adapt oneself to / be adapted to e.g. This film is adapted from a novel. This novel is adapted for a film. survival (survive) the survival of the fittest The fittest survive. compete (with sb) for sth scarce / limited resources hallmark feature or quality differentiation (differ, differentiate) in terms of in aspects of orientation program formality correct and formal behavior likelihood (likely) possibility in all likelihood most probably mechanism system integrate combine, include … so they work together cohesive forming a united whole distortion (distort) twisting, giving a false account of sth division (divide) a major unit or section of an organization; department suspect (suspicion, suspicious) doubt (doubtful) seek out look for, find out Birds of (the same) feathers flock together. stereotype form a fixed idea about a person or thing which may not really be true 对…形成模式化（或类型化）的看法 subordinate supervisor define…(as …) definition organization chart job description (describe) (sb/sth) slip through the crack/net: (an organization or a system) fail to find or remember sb/sth and deal with them(漏网，被漏掉，被遗忘) e.g. Write the name down so that you remember or it will slip through the crack (be forgotten). overlap cover part of the same area of interest, knowledge, responsibility, etc. jurisdiction the authority that an official organization has to make legal decisions about sb/sth ambiguous vague, not clear