Advantages And Disadvantages Of Managing Organizational Conflict

MANAGING ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICT

Introduction:

Managing organizational conflict is nothing but limiting the negative aspects of conflict while increasing the positive aspects of conflicts. Group outcomes can be improved through dealing with properly managed conflict.

It will have an impact on workplace, no supervisor will spend more than 25% of their time on conflict management and managers spend more than 18% of their time on relational employee conflicts. Organizational conflict may occur due to various reasons like inevitable clash between power and formal authority and those groups effected and individuals. There are disagreements among individuals, departments and unions. There are also conflicts within individuals between competing needs and demand.

There are two types of conflicts, they are:

1. Personal Conflict.

2. Role Conflict.

Problems:

Conflicts within a group, committees other organizational forms of face-to-face groups are inevitable. These conflicts may be destructive as well as constructive. Because of scarcity of freedom, resources and position conflicts arises. People struggle with others for position or status to gain power within a group. Rewards and recognition are always interpret as insufficient and improperly

There are several advantages such as increasing personal growth and self-esteem, improves communication and producing better results for projects. However it may worse company’s reputation if is not managed properly. The challenge for project managers and organizational leaders is to maintain right balance and intensity of conflict it in project management. By using project management principles, understanding the dynamic of conflicts, and learning approaches to conflict resolution, managers will set up an environment through which creativity and innovation is encouraged and project goals are