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Assignment On Conflict Management

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Name : Kasthuri Balaji
Roll no : PGEMP44/A/03
Contact : 02
Subject : P & P Week 3 Assignment

Question: a
Recall an instance at work (one which happened to you or which you observed happening to someone else) which you consider to be an example of a healthy or effective conflict management style. What was the incident? Who were the parties involved? Why do you describe it as a healthy/effective conflict management style? Please explain in detail.
Conflicts are bound to arise at any time during the execution of works in a project. The execution of works involves a number of managers and subordinates with different ideas that have various ideas to carry out work. Therefore it is extremely important that …show more content…

at one end of the area under discussion, to ensure that work is complete from one side and progresses to the other side.
The second person (Nagarjuna) wanted to engage 8 groups of 500 labour each and distribute the work so that work is complete in stages and can then be handed over to other teams for their work.
The intention of both the above mentioned persons was to complete the work in the said time. Since the two of them have different ideas and different approaches, it could lead to a conflict on the sequence of construction.
The idea of the first person was to deploy a complete labour requirement at one location and proceed with the work from one end of the project so that work can be completed quickly and then the labour can be shifted to another location. Thus, the area where work is complete can be handed over to the next agency to complete their scope of work.
The idea of second person was to distribute the labour in all area so that the works can be started simultaneously in all areas and thus there would be more work front available for subsequent agency which will in turn ensure that the other agencies need not wait for work front …show more content…

After a thorough individual review the manager called the two persons together and discussed the pros and cons of both strategies so to give a better clarity to the two persons involved which will help them draw the right conclusion.
This instance describes how the project manager successfully eased the tension between the two persons involved in planning so as to help them work together as a team. The project manager then instructed the two persons to work together with minimum differences.

Question : b
Recall an instance at work (one which happened to you or which you observed happening to someone else) which you consider to be an example of an unhealthy or ineffective conflict management style. What was the incident? Who were the parties involved? Why do you describe it as an unhealthy/ineffective conflict management style? Please explain in detail.

Unhealthy or ineffective Conflict Management Style:
The conflict is between the R & D department and plant operation management to increase the productivity of the site.
R & D department interested in increasing the working capacity of machinery from 80% to

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