The document outlines various theories and models of conflict management. It discusses definitions of conflict and conflict management, as well as causes and types of conflict. Five major conflict management models are described: early models by Blake and Mouton and Thomas; Kuhn and Poole's distributive and integrative model; DeChurch and Marks' meta-taxonomy of agreeableness and activeness; Rahim's five styles of integrating, obliging, dominating, avoiding, and compromising; and the Thomas-Kilmann model of competing, collaborating, compromising, accommodating, and avoiding. Each model categorizes approaches based on different dimensions such as assertiveness and cooperation.