Findings of a study that examined the ways in which school principals, directors of nursing education programs, and supervisors of community health centers manage conflict are presented in this paper. The study attempted to determine the applicability of research on conflict management in noneducational settings to school organizations. Interviews were conducted with 15 Canadian school principals, 18 New Zealand school principals, 8 community health supervisors in western Canada, and 6 directors of schools of nursing in a western Canadian province. Findings indicate that both groups of principals and the community health center supervisors most often handled conflict by managing the common information base, and that nursing education directors attempted to manage the organizational climate. A conclusion is that conflict resolution information developed from the study of certain organizational settings is not necessarily applicable to others. Five tables are included. (29 references) (LMI)