Australian Journal of Business and Management Research Vol.1 No.5 [44-49] | August-2011 IMPACT OF CONFLICT MANAGEMENT ON CORPORATE PRODUCTIVITY: AN EVALUATIVE STUDY Obasan Kehinde , A Department of Business Administration, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago – Iwoye. Ogun – State, Nigeria. Email: obasankehinde@yahoo.com ABSTRACT A wide divergence of opinion exists on the source and effect of conflicts on corporate productivity and the effectiveness of the various strategies available for managing
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Having conflict management strategies in the workplace is important to keep from creating hostility and aggressiveness at work. By working toward keeping up excellent conflict management strategies in the workplace, the company will be successful and help in keeping the employees morale up. For a manager to resolve properly any conflicts that have come up the manager needs to understand the theory of conflict styles, called the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI) and how to apply these
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Problem Recently, tensions have risen between employees in the patient accounts department due to personal conflicts. Confrontations between employees have disrupted the work environment, teamwork is diminishing, employee morale is decreasing, and managers are lacking the tools needed to address and solve these issues. Lack of managerial assistance in solving conflicts among employees also seems to be a problem. Shaun Walder, Director of Patient Accounts, does not like to get involved and rather
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compared will be “Personality traits, management styles & conflict management in a military unit” by Salimi, Karaminia, and Esmaeili (2011) and “The leadership skills strataplex: Leadership skill requirements across organizational levels” by Mumford, Campion, and Morgeson (2007). A comparison of the research questions, sample population, and limitations will be discussed. Salimi and colleagues (2011) investigated personality traits with regard to management styles. They wanted to find out if personality
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Indong Marlon Macadagat Submitted to: Ms. Cheryll Bautista-Oray September 19, 2013 PREMIER BANK INC. CASE ANALYSIS INTRODUCTION Organizational conflict is a state of discord caused by the actual or perceived opposition of needs, values and interests between people working together. Conflict takes many forms in organizations. There is the inevitable clash between formal authority and power and those individuals and groups affected. There are disputes over how revenues
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Xcom/100 Introduction to communication Types of conflict There are several types of conflict. Within our reading it discussed eight different types of conflict. Interpersonal conflict is one type of conflict which is a struggle that happens when two people cannot agree upon a way to meet their needs. Construtive conflict is when there is cooperation regarding the issues and helps build tools to fix the problems at hand. Destructive conflict is the lack of cooperation in dealing with the issues
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assess about the conflicts between the elders and the youth of the Church of Nazarene, Bhandup. This research surveys the Existing Conflict Management Models in the Church and its relevancy for the Conflicts of the Church of Nazarene, Bhandup This Integrative Paper examines the causes and the impact of the Conflicts on the spiritual, economical and relational side members involved in the conflicts. Finally, this Integrative Paper attempts to develop a new and relevant Conflict Management Model considering
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1.0 introduction The Thomas Kilmann Model is simple tool that provides practice scenario of particular methodologies to managing conflict viably. The exploration upheld TKI offers a commonsense approach to launch safe and nonemotional discourse to resolve conflict. That is the reason its perfect for utilization in such a variety of diverse situations. It can additionally enhance organizational profit by helping individuals pick up knowledge into their own particular and others' conduct which
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evident from the case. Task 1.3 Critically analyze the components of the conflict management process evident from the case. Task 1.4 Critically analyze the organizational culture issues of Consolidated Life. Task 2 Make recommendations: Draw up a table and summarize what improvements are needed in relation to: 1. Leadership and associated change management strategies. 2. Power and politics 3. Conflict management 4. Organizational culture in Consolidated Life 1 ASSIGNMENT Task 1.1
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