The main issues in the Thomas Green case regard the conflict between Frank and Thomas, the differences in their preferred work styles, and office politics. Looking from Frank’s point of view, his means of handling conflict was functional because he was giving Thomas constructive criticism on how to succeed in his new position. From Thomas’s point of view, the conflict was dysfunctional because he was stubborn when hearing Frank’s criticism and he avoided the situation rather than adhering to it. In terms of power dependency, the job is important to Thomas because he relies on the job financially and, in addition, this job is scarce because it is hard to obtain the position with so little experience and at such a young age. Alternatives