In the Thomas-Kilmann model, which conflict-handling mode combines high assertiveness with low cooperativeness?

Why: Competing is defined by high assertiveness (pursuing one's own concerns strongly) combined with low cooperativeness (little regard for the other party's concerns). Why the Other Options Are Excluded: •  Accommodating combines low assertiveness with high cooperativeness — the reverse pattern. •  Compromising involves moderate assertiveness and moderate cooperativeness, not the high-assertiveness, low-cooperativeness combination that defines this mode. •  Avoiding combines low assertiveness with low cooperativeness, not high assertiveness. •  Collaborating combines high assertiveness with high cooperativeness, not low. Industry Example: A project manager facing an immediate safety issue chooses the Competing mode to enforce an urgent stop, prioritising decisive action over consensus-building in that moment.