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• To build up social credits for later issues that are important to
you
• When continued competition would only damage your cause when you are outmatched and losing
• When preserving harmony and avoiding disruption are especially
important
• To aid in the development of your employees by allowing them to
experiment and learn from their own mistakes
Questions to Ask
You may wish to ask yourself:
• Do you feel that your ideas and concerns sometimes do not get
the attention they deserve? Deferring too much to the concerns
of others can deprive you of influence, respect, and recognition.
It can also deprive the organization of your potential
contributions.
• Is discipline lax? Although discipline for its own sake may be of
little value, there are often rules, procedures, and assignments
whose implementation is crucial for you or the organization.
Avoiding
Uses
• When an issue is trivial or of only passing importance, or when
other, more important issues are pressing
• When you perceive no chance of satisfying your concerns - for
example, when you have low power or you are frustrated by
something that would be very difficult to change (national
policies, someone's personality structure, and so on)
• When the potential costs of confronting a conflict outweigh the
benefits of its resolution
• To let people cool down - to reduce tensions to a productive level
and to regain perspective and composure

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