ENGLISH ASSIGNMENTS

 Study of the passage and choose the best answers to the questions that follow:
Conflict within an organization is not always viewed as undersirable. In fact,various
managers have widely divergent ideas on the value that conflict can have.
According to the traditional view of conflict, conflict is harmful to an organization.
Managers with this traditional view of conflict see it as their role in an organization to rid the
organization of any possible sources of conflict.
The interactionist view of conflict, on the other hand, holds that conflict can serve an
important function in an organization by reducing complacency among workers and causing
positive changes to occur. Managers who hold an interactionist view of conflict may actually
take steps to stimulate conflict within the organization.

1. How is the information in the passage organized?

a. The origin of ideas about conflict is presented
b. Contrasting views of conflict are presented
c. Two theorists discuss the strengths and weaknesses of their views on conflict
d. Examples of conflict within organizations are presented
Reasons for picking B : After I compared the main idea in paragraph one to paragraph two
and three, the whole passage is actually talking about two different point of views of conflict.
One see it as harmful thing to an organization and the other see it as an important function to
an organization. And both options are contrasting. The paragraph is not talking about
weaknesses or strengths to each of the point of views, also there are no examples in the
paragraph so option C and D are not possible. Meanwhile option A is talking about the origin
ideas in fact the paragraph is talking about the divergent ideas of conflict.

2. What type of information is included in the third paragraph?

a. A comparison of the interactionist and traditional views of conflict
b. A discussion of the weaknesses of the interactionist view of conflict
c. An outline of the type of manager who prefers the interactionist view of conflict
d. A description of one of the opposing views of conflict
Reasons for picking C : C is obviously the best answer to describe about paragraph three.
Paragraph three is talking about the interactionist view of conflict, the descriptions about why
the manager choose the interactionist view to deal with conflict. Option A is talking about the
whole paragraph not the third. Option B is talking about weaknesses of interactionist view
but actually both the views ain’t talking about their weaknesses or strengths. Option D is
talking about ‘one of the opposing’ and that’s not too clear, it needs explanation about which
one of the opposing views that option D is talking about.