Introduction
In his popular book titled “Interdisciplinary Research: Process and Theory”, Repko (2008) demonstrated that a research study can incorporate more than one discipline. In perspective, the author established that it can, indeed, include more than one insight. This paper focuses on the various insights that may affect the conflict between two students who seek to choose a restaurant.
Scope of Insights
In accordance to the type of conflict between the two students, there are various disciplines that will be in play. As such, there are a number of insights that will be incorporated. First, the research will involve the essence of conflict management. Essentially, the two students are in controversy on the question of which restaurant they should attend. Accordingly, this is a conflict, although it is at mild levels of engagement. Second, it will incorporate decision making because the three parties have to make a choice on which restaurant to attend. This is reinforced by the fact that this scenario has aspects on decision making such as the existence of options.
Sources of Conflicts
In this regard, there is a conflict emerging from the two insights that include decision making and conflict management. In this regard, the decision making is the priority in the scenario. However, the conflict that arises complicates the decision making process because it adds a factor that should be considered besides the aspect of choosing among the available restaurants.
How the Conflict Affects the Problem Statement
In essence, the conflict management and decision making are conjoined to each other (Taylor, 2010). When solving conflicts, the involved personnel must make decisions which will help to arbitrate between the differing parties (Fenn, 2011). As such, the problem statement, in this case, must be framed to incorporate reflect the difficulties of making the decisions while solving the incumbent conflict. Additionally, it is advocated that the solution must be based on both the levels of the disciplines and insights incorporated in the problem statement (Laughlin, 2011).
References
Fenn, P. (2011). Commercial Conflict Management and Dispute Resolution. Hoboken: Taylor & Francis.
Laughlin, P. (2011). Group problem solving. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.
Repko, A. (2008). Interdisciplinary research: process and theory. Los Angeles: SAGE.
Taylor, B. (2010). Professional Decision Making in Social Work. Exeter: Learning Matters Ltd..
