ABSTRACT
Later, this chapter describes conflict as happening in episodes. As the conflict episodes rise and fall, periods of cooperation might occur. Task groups where members must work together to reach their goals often display a common pattern. At some point, especially in the group’s early stages of development,9 the members can fiercely disagree about how to reach the group’s goals. Conflict develops at this point as discussions and disagreements. If the members of the group eventually agree about how to reach the goals, the conflict recedes and cooperation returns.
