|ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICTS |
|Managing Organizational Conflicts |
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|Gaurav Singh |
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|Organizational Structure & Behavior |
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An Overview:
Conflict is inevitable among humans. When two or more social entities (i.e., individuals, groups, organizations, and nations) come in contact with one another in attaining their objectives, their relationships may become incompatible or inconsistent. Relationships among such entities may become inconsistent when two or more of them desire a similar resource that is in short supply; when they have partially exclusive behavioral preferences regarding their joint action; or when they have different attitudes, values, beliefs, and skills. "Conflict is the perception of differences of interests among people".
Another definition of conflict would be “a process of social interaction involving a struggle over claims to resources, power and status, beliefs, and other preferences and desires. The aims of the parties in conflict may extend from simply attempting to gain acceptance of a preference, or securing a resource advantage, to the extremes of injuring or eliminating opponents.
The theme of conflict has been with us and has influenced our thinking from time immemorial. It received