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Remember The Titans: Conflict Management

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here are many different conflicts between people, who usually have different values, ideas, personality, yet at the same time there are many approaches how to resolve those kind of conflicts. Conflict Management teaches us various procedures and skills which we should all understand, and know how to apply in order to handle tough situations. The movie Remember the Titans is the best example of showing number of conflicts.
The main biggest issue in the movie is a racial problem. Everything started when two schools decided to merge and form one football team. In the beginning it was hard to accept this situation, as white and black people could not agree to co-operate together. Nevertheless, Coach Boone did not give up, and worked hard to
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