Pages

Sunday, August 14, 2011

What is Conflict?

In every organization interaction between persons and group may raise some sort of indifference or conflict so, we need to know What is Conflict?

What is Conflict?

Conflict is :

  • What happens when there’s a gap between the goals of one person and those of others.
  • This gap affect the relation between them.

map

How conflict can differ from just indifference ?

Questions that used t o differentiate conflict from indifference:

  • Are the parties approaching the conflict from a hostile point ?
  • Is the outcome likely to be negative one for the organization ?
  • Do the potential losses of the parties exceed any potential gain?

If answer by Yes indicate conflict here.

Why conflict management is importance ?

  • Conflict management skills predict managerial success.
  • Managers spend about 21% of their time dealing with conflict.

What are the perspective of conflict?

There are two perspectives:

  • Inter actionist view:

Conflict is valuable to organization.

When two people in business always agree, one of them unnecessary.

  • Minimization view:

Conflict reduces harmony and should avoided.