What is conflict? Explain causes‚ effects and strategies of managing conflicts in an organisation What is conflict? Conflict can arise when two or more people or individuals in an organisation have different interests and they pursue these interests intensely. It can also occur when people in a group have different opinions about something even though they both are working to attain the same goal; they just cannot agree on how to go about it. Therefore‚ conflict can be defined as a process that
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Peace and conflict studies is defined as both a pedagogical activity‚ in which teachers transmit knowledge to students; and a research activity‚ in which researchers create new knowledge about the sources of conflict. Peace and conflict studies entails understanding the concept of peace which is defined as political condition that ensures justice and social stability through formal and informal institutions‚ practices‚ and norms. Johan Galtung‚ the principal founder of the discipline of peace and
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The Symbol of the Moon in A Midsummer Night’s Dream In William Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s dream and also the movie A Midsummer’s Night Dream written and directed by Michael Hoffman‚ the moon is not only used to represent the difference between day and night but also as a symbol to represent love‚ lust and dreaming. Throughout the play and the movie‚ the moon takes on different meanings depending on the charactes’ situations. . Most of the play and the movie take place during night
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Conflict Scenario The conflict between the marketing department members causes Just Right Tire Company management to use effective decision making skills. With the deadline for the ad drawing near‚ Just Right Tire marketing managers must quickly find a solution. Therefore‚ the managers should expedite the decision making process. The rational decision-making model will elicit logic‚ intelligence‚ and well founded decisions (Nickel‚ McHugh‚ & McHugh‚ 2010). The model incorporates seven steps;
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The Dynamics of Conflict Resolution A Practioner’s Guide Bernard S. Mayer Chapter One The Nature of Conflict We all are of two minds about conflict. We say that conflict is natural‚ inevitable‚ necessary‚ and normal‚ and that the problem is not the existence of conflict but how we handle it. But we are also loath to admit that we are in the midst of conflict. Parents assure their children that the ferocious argument the parents are having is not a conflict‚ just a "discussion." Organizations
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The Yugoslavian Conflict Yugoslavia is a country burdened by feuding sides in a war that cannot soon be resolved. The United Nations are attempting to help the situation‚ but until the people of Yugoslavia can come to an agreement continued warfare and heartache is inevitable. The problems in Yugoslavia began because the country is separated into two distinct parts. The north and west parts of the country were once under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire‚ and the south and the
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Man Back to the Moon Never before have so many people been attuned to one event at one time. Millions of people from all across the globe surrounded TV sets and radios to watch and listen in on as the first Earthling took the first steps on the Moon (Nolan). It was on this day in July 1969 that would change the way the world would look at space exploration. New frontiers for mankind opened up and waves of new information came roaring in. Since then‚ in the span of only three years‚ six American
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CHAPTER 10 Conflict Theory A. Oberschall This essay covers three broad topics. First‚ there has been renewed debate about human nature and the roots of intergroup violence and warfare in evolutionary biology‚ in psychology‚ and in anthropology. The “ordinary man” hypothesis explains why and how humans justify and participate in violence and atrocities. Second‚ in addition to interstate wars‚ political scientists have been studying insurgencies‚ ethnic cleansing‚ civil wars‚ genocide‚ ethnic
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The Importance of Conflict Could you imagine a world without conflict? What would happen to all the peace? If conflicts did not exist then there would be no reason for the word “compromise” because the only way to end a conflict is through a compromise. Conflicts have been a part of our history and they are involved in each one of our lives every day. A world without conflict is not physically possible because we are all different and we all believe and think differently‚ so there is bound to
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CONFLICTS and FRUSTRATIONS Conflict * It is the emotional state or condition in which people have to make difficult decisions about two or more competing motives‚ behaviors or impulses. * Kurt Lewin(was a German-American psychologist‚ known as one of the modern pioneers of social‚ organizational‚ and applied psychology) * He described two opposite tendencies of conflict: approach and avoidance. When something attracts
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