Conflict Defined! • a disagreement where parties involved perceive a threat to something that the first party cares about. • Involves perception. • 'clash of interests, values, actions, views or directions.'
How the changing views come about • motivated by many needs • not always logical • management requires effective social skills, not just technical skills • job satisfaction will lead to higher job productivity ASSUMPTIONS! • - people try to meet economic needs at work • - no conflict exists between individual and organizational objectives • people act rationally for self interest • - we act alone to satisfy individual needs Human Relations Traditional
The 3 Changing views of Conflict
Some Potential Causes of Conflict • - Specialization • - Interdependence • - Common Resources • Authority • - Relationships • - Status Inconsistencies • - Jurisdictional • - Conflict management style • - Perception • - Values and Ethics • Emotions • - Communication barriers • -Cultural Differences Personal Structural
Conflict Process
Functional & Dysfunctional Conflict
Why is conflict necessary?
Types of Conflict
Identifying Work place Conflict, Causes • A specific type of conflict that occurs in workplace • Personality or style differences and personal problems • Organizational causes: leadership, management, budget, and disagreement about core values can also contribute • Avoid authority- and domain-related disputes, • improve policies, procedures and rules, • re-apportioning existing resources or adding new, • altering communications Causes Solutions
Possible outcomes of a conflict THE IMPLICATION ……
How to behave during a conflict
Appropriate Conflict Management Strategies
Appropriate Conflict Management Strategies
The 5 conflict management styles http://www.child.gov.ab.ca/whatwedo/familyviolence/pdf/ncn0886.pdf
Kare Anderson’s Model for Conflict Resolution STEP 1 Tell yourself your mainneeds. STEP 2 Reach out to find the other person’s main needs. THE ROUND TRIP STEP 4 Propose a solution that supports their main needs andyours as well. STEP 3 Listen to the other person.
Conflict Check ListIt’s time to take some action! Step 5: Managing emotions Step 6: Willingness to resolve Step 7: Mapping the conflict Step 8: Mediation Step 9: Broadening perspectives Step 1: Win/win Step 2: Creative response Step 3: Empathy Step 4: Appropriate assertiveness
Conclusion of Conflict as a Group - Inevitable - Learn to address our differences and needs - work together as a group to solve all difficulties - Each person should have a role to play instead of waiting for leader to assign task - Confident positive outcomes if conflict is constructively managed - Improve self-awareness - Strengthen relationship
Summary/ Learning Points - Conflict can occur due to different goals and expectations - Necessary for better decisions - Optimal level of conflict can result in high performance - Increased group performance - Types of outcome; win-win is the best situation. - Resolving and stimulating conflict lead to desired level of conflict. - The appropriate conflict management techniques
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