Nicholas is the production manager for a manufacturing firm.He has two supervisors who are experiencing conflict with each other based upon personality differences.Nicholas should have held a meeting last week to discuss next year's budget,but cancelled it because the two supervisors had a verbal confrontation on the shop floor the previous day.What conflict handling style is Nicholas demonstrating?
A)compromise
B)collaboration
C)avoidance
D)accommodation

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Nicholas is demonstrating the avoidance conflict handling style by cancelling the meeting due to the conflict between the supervisors. This approach involves ignoring or postponing the conflict rather than addressing it directly.

Nicholas Is the Production Manager for a Manufacturing Firm