Introduction The paper is a critical analysis of conflict management skills. The case study used is a conflict between Andy & J concerning some details of an ongoing project being undertaken by an organization they both work for. Andy is the project (manage/team leader) and he is not pleased b the way J has been documenting issues relating to the project as needed. It has been noted that each and every day people work together and hold varied views, opinion, believes, values among other as a result of a myriad of factors such as social classes, education as well as cultural background. This scenario has been made even worse by advancement in technology that has resulted to globalization characterized with free flow of capital, goods and services and more importantly free movement of human capital. Thus the world has turned into a global village where people meet, factoring in differences in a number of view, conflict then is bound to happen. Conflict happens between and among people within the same or different and distance geographic locations (Withers & Lewis, 2003). Conflict refers to a situation where by there are or perceived resistance of principles, thoughts, ideas, needs, beliefs as a results of differences in opinion as well as other issues between people and this can be in terms of economics, politics as well as social sphere. Nonetheless, various mechanisms have been brought forth to curb the scenario and of course turn the issue into a constructive idea, this is what has been termed as conflict resolution. Conflict although viewed as a negative issue, has some positive aspects for instance, when the conflict is resolved in a creative manner, there are opportunities of people learning as well as new emerging ideas that are key in propelling an organization to greater heights are realized (Eunson, 2007). On the other hand, individual in conflict can suffer from frustration and confusion that can result to very serious implications such as war, fall of an organization among others. With this scenario, of having the mechanism, it was later realized that something was missing because most of the conflicts being tackled did not yield positive results. This thus called for further actions; conflict management. This, according to Condliffe, 2008 refers to the process by which conflict are identifies and handled in the best way possible through fairness and of course effectively and efficiently so that the desired outcomes are achieved. This calls for a myriad of skills, which thus lays the ground for this paper. Addressing conflicts Since we are aware that conflict is an issues that is experienced more often in each at every sphere of human life, it will be rational if some of the ways used to address the problem are brought forth. It is important to note that Andy successfully employed-collaborative strategy in which he engaged J to attain a win-win situation. Other ways of addressing conflict include; competition is a situation whereby one of the parties pushes for his or her standpoint without minding who it will impact on the other; this is usually a good approach especially if the one asserting the view point have a superior goals and objectives. Through accommodation, the approach entails surrendering the