Managing Conflict What is conflict? Conflict is a natural disagreement resulting from individuals or groups that differ in attitudes‚ beliefs‚ values or needs. It can also originate from past rivalries and personality differences. Other causes of conflict include trying to negotiate before the timing is right or before needed information is available. Causes of conflict. 1. Lack of communication. There is a lack of communications. Failure to share ideas and feelings (between wife and husband
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through speeches‚ reports‚ memos Decisional role: * Entrepreneur: Initiate improvement projects‚ identify new ideas‚ and delegate idea responsibility to others. * Disturbance Handler: Take corrective action during disputes or crises; resolve conflicts among subordinates; adapt to environmental crises. * Resource Allocator: Decide who gets resources‚ scheduling‚ budgeting‚ setting priorities. * Negotiator: Represent department during negotiation of union contracts‚ sales‚ purchases‚ and
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trying to eliminate conflict in organisations. Why and do you think this is a useful thing for them to do? Both the major sources of conflict and the strategies that managers can use to overcome conflict situations in organizations should be discussed in your answer. “Conflict in an ever-present process in human relations.” (Charles‚ Loomis & Loomis‚ 1965‚ as cited in Ohio State University Fact Sheet‚ 2002) Debate‚ negotiations‚ bargaining‚ disagreements‚ and other forms of conflict are part of the
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critical‚ as it is a key component in solving the many other organizational development and ethical behavior issues facing the organization. Ethics in Organizations By Marvin Brown From debates over drug-testing to analyses of scandals on Wall Street‚ attention to ethics in business organizations has never been greater. Yet‚ much of the attention given to ethics in the workplace overlooks some critical aspects of organizational ethics. When talking about ethics in organizations‚ one has
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Religion and control of stress for national development Religion plays important roles in human’s life‚ activities and cultural practices. It restructures and influences his other endeavours including stress control. In Nigerian traditional ethnic groups‚ traditional religion plays important role in controlling the total life of the people. Today‚ apart from the traditional religion‚ Christianity and Islam are the two predominant religions practiced. Their cumulative effects of long patronage
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Organizational Paradigms Introduction The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast the three predominant organizational paradigms; rational‚ natural and open systems. Each paradigm has its own unique characteristics and understanding these paradigms can best be understood through real-life examples of the paradigms in use. Before the paradigms are described and related‚ the term organization and organizational theory must be defined. Definitions Applying a specific definition
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13 Organizational Structure LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter‚ you should be able to: 1. Describe three types of coordination in organizational structures. 2. Justify the optimal span of control in a given situation. 3. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of centralization and formalization. 4. Distinguish organic from mechanistic organizational structures. 5. Identify and evaluate the six pure types of departmentalization. 6. Describe three variations of divisional structure
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CHAPTER 1—ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND OPPORTUNITY MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The description of an organization as more like a snake pit‚ with daily conflict‚ distress‚ and struggle‚ would come from which level within the organization? a. group level b. organizational level c. individual level d. department level ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: p. 3 OBJ: 1 NAT: AACSB Analytic | Group Dynamics TOP: Human Behavior in Organizations MSC: S&E 2. The snake pit metaphor of organization
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Perception 31 Learning and reinforcement 43 Values‚ Attitudes and Interest 53 Motivation 62 Team Building 75 Conflict 89 Personality Personality is a concept that we use continuously in our day-to-day routine‚ when dealing with people. We talk about people as having a good personality or a bad personality or arrogant and aggressive personality. Personality can be reflected in a person’s temperament and is a key factor influencing individual behaviour in
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Organizational behaviour ------------------------------------------------- If you are made the campaign leader for a particular political party‚ how will you use your leadership skills to motivate your party men to ensure success of the party nominee in the elections? (Focus on the individual‚ motivate and apply leadership style). Leadership is a group phenomenon. It’s an influence process; that is to say‚ intentional influence is exerted by the leader over followers. It’s the behaviour of
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