Understanding The Conflict Management

with Stube-HEMAT

Part of a Basic Training of Student Leadership (LDKM) FKIP

University of Sarjanawiyata Tamansiswa Yogyakarta

Youth Center, Sleman, May 2, 2015

The dynamics society and social change always happen continuously and it drives towards compromises or negotiations to conflict. Students as the next generation must understand the theory of conflict and how to manage conflicts in good area. LDKM FKIP UST with a theme "Building the Progression of Young Dewantara to Achieve Ketamansiswaan-Based Leadership” held on Friday - Sunday, May 1 – 3, 2015 at Youth Center, Tlogoadi, Sleman, Yogyakarta. A session that revealed Management Conflicts was facilitated by Ariani Narwastujati, S.Pd., SS, M.Pd., the executive director of Stube-HEMAT.

The LDKM training was attended by 73 participants, from 2nd and 4th semester students of FKIP Sarjanawiyata Tamansiswa University. They were equipped with the theory of conflict, trigers and conflict management. Even mentioned that conflict is the beginning of conscience or conflict is the beginning of an awareness to acquire rights and equal treatment before the law, such as, to get job, education, health care and so on.

Riswan Jaya, the chairman of the Student Assembly (MM) FKIP said, "LDKM is carried out in a hope to improve the quality and motivation of students both in academic and non-academic achievement. As future leaders, students are trained to be able to manage conflict and push change in society. An Organization became an important forum for students to proceed towards change, both personal and social context".

Specifically, Ariani discussed conflict resolution model of Thomas-Kilmann that focuses on 1) the personal needs and desires and 2) focus on the needs of others and a good relationship. These two approaches produce five types of conflict resolution namely: avoiding conflicts, accepting conflict, compromising conflict, competing and collaborating. Based on these five types, collaboration is considered the most ideal type because its priority is a 'win-win solution' for both sides.

The steps to manage conflict peacefully are: respect the rights of others to disagree, express concern, express goals and share interests, open to different opinions, listen carefully to all opinions, understand the major issues that happened, think about the consequences that may happen, think of alternative solutions, offering some compromise and negotiate a fair agreement.

The participants were enthusiastic to join the discussion and express their thoughts about the conflict. "I got a lot of knowledge about leadership and finding friends having leader character in various thought and opinion", said Ni Putu SY Darsani, a participant, a fourth semester student majoring in Physical Education.

Let’s learn how to be an ideal leader to manage conflict! (TRU)