Milton Friedman Econ 490 fall 2017

When thinking about conflict in the workplace I can not think of any personal experiences where I was involved in conflict or witnessed it.  One time during my internship two senior managers got into a shouting argument over whiteboard markers that left the work area around it in an awkward silence for a while.  However, I did not know if this was premeditated by personal conflict in the past, or if it was just one of the managers being frustrated that he could not find a marker to write with during a meeting with a colleague and the frustration of this happening multiple times boiled over.  I think the latter was the case, where it was a one time thing and they quickly worked out the conflict as it did not happen again at all during my time working there. When thinking about the topics discussed in the textbook about group dynamics I tried to tie them to the comedy show "The Office".  However, I know that this show is a comedy and does not represent real life accurately in

One example that I can think of that is at least similar to gift exchange is covering for shifts.  I am not completely informed about the specific example, as I am thinking of my aunt's experiences.  She has worked in the University of Wisconsin - Madison's hospital.  She works in a department involving blood, and I can remember her taking my and my brother there when she needed to work and she took our blood and we watched as she ran it through the machine to test it.  I am basing this example mostly from things that she says when I see her, which is usually around the holidays when we have family gatherings.  This would also be the time where I would assume there is an increase in people looking to find others to cover their shifts for them.  One thing she would complain about is the trouble she has finding coworkers to cover one of her shifts to be able to attend family gatherings.  I am viewing the covering of a shift for a coworker as a gift, however I realize that in so