Organisational Behaviour
BINDURA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE EDUCATION
NAME : FIDELIS NYAMAZANA
REG NUMBER : B0923867
PROGRAMME : BBS HUMAN RESOURCES
COURSE : ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
COURSE CODE : BS 432
YEAR : PART 4
ASSIGNMENT TITLE:
CONFLICT IS AN INEVITABLE ASPECT OF INDUSTRIAL OR ORGANISATIONAL LIFE DISCUSS? {25marks}
The proceeding text tries to discuss how inevitable conflict is to organizational life. The factors of concern includes limited resources, unmet expectations, unreasonable or unclear policies, interdependent tasks, organizational complexity, Incompatible personalities and decision-making
The unprecedented change on all fronts that organizations face today has generated considerable levels of uncertainty. Such uncertainty creates fear, which, in turn causes conflict. Although a certain level of conflict is considered healthy, uncontrolled conflict can be insidious and even extremely destructive. In addition, conflict is inevitable; however, the results of conflict are not predetermined due to the unavoidability or nature of conflict. Conflict might escalate and lead to nonproductive results, or conflict can be beneficially resolved and lead to quality final products or to the betterment of the organisation. Although very few people go looking for conflict, more often than not, conflict results because of miscommunication between people with regard to their needs, ideas, beliefs, goals, or values(Mullins, 1996).
According to James and George (2008), organizational conflict can be described as the integration of interdependent people who perceive incompatible goals and interference from each other in achieving those goals. This actually happens in organizational life. Disagreement between two of more parties who perceive that they have incompatible concern. It can also be. Conflict may be defined as a struggle or contest between people with opposing needs, ideas, beliefs, values, or goals.
Conflict is as inevitable in organizational life
NAME : FIDELIS NYAMAZANA
REG NUMBER : B0923867
PROGRAMME : BBS HUMAN RESOURCES
COURSE : ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
COURSE CODE : BS 432
YEAR : PART 4
ASSIGNMENT TITLE:
CONFLICT IS AN INEVITABLE ASPECT OF INDUSTRIAL OR ORGANISATIONAL LIFE DISCUSS? {25marks}
The proceeding text tries to discuss how inevitable conflict is to organizational life. The factors of concern includes limited resources, unmet expectations, unreasonable or unclear policies, interdependent tasks, organizational complexity, Incompatible personalities and decision-making
The unprecedented change on all fronts that organizations face today has generated considerable levels of uncertainty. Such uncertainty creates fear, which, in turn causes conflict. Although a certain level of conflict is considered healthy, uncontrolled conflict can be insidious and even extremely destructive. In addition, conflict is inevitable; however, the results of conflict are not predetermined due to the unavoidability or nature of conflict. Conflict might escalate and lead to nonproductive results, or conflict can be beneficially resolved and lead to quality final products or to the betterment of the organisation. Although very few people go looking for conflict, more often than not, conflict results because of miscommunication between people with regard to their needs, ideas, beliefs, goals, or values(Mullins, 1996).
According to James and George (2008), organizational conflict can be described as the integration of interdependent people who perceive incompatible goals and interference from each other in achieving those goals. This actually happens in organizational life. Disagreement between two of more parties who perceive that they have incompatible concern. It can also be. Conflict may be defined as a struggle or contest between people with opposing needs, ideas, beliefs, values, or goals.
Conflict is as inevitable in organizational life
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