Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1831

You are a goal-oriented project manager who is more interested in work accomplishment than relationship building. This indicates that you tend to resolve conflicts primarily through the use of______________


A. Smoothing
B. Compromising
C. Collaborating
D. Forcing

Correct Answer: D

Explanation:

Explanation:
Forcing and majority rule are represented by a strong desire to satisfy oneself rather than to satisfy others. It involves imposing one viewpoint at the expense of another and is characterized by a win-lose outcome in which one party overwhelms the other. Adams
et al. 1997, 181-189