Conflict Resolution: Approaches and Techniques

This article discusses conflict resolution techniques and approaches for managing conflicts effectively. It covers topics such as developing self-awareness, solving problems analytically and creatively, and managing conflict. The article also emphasizes the importance of identifying deeper issues and looking beneath the surface to resolve conflicts. The subject is conflict resolution, and the course code and college/university are not mentioned.

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Table of contents
Introduction……………………………………………………………………..3.
Developing self-awareness……………………………………………………4, 5
Solving Problems analytically and creatively…………………………………6, 7
Managing conflict…………………………………………………………………8, 9
Leading Positive life……………………………………………………………….10, 11, 12
Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………..13
References………………………………………………………………………….14

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Introduction
Conflicts are a norm in our societies. They arise from different sources such as misinformation,
family disputes, and money issue. Conflicts can quickly destroy a cordial relationship between
parties. Conflicts occur as a result of the miscommunication between parties. This leads into
wrong judgments which thus leads into confrontations hence disagreements thus bringing about
disputes. Due to the sensitive nature of conflicts, there are integrated mechanisms set to
counter any forms of disputes. The many forms of disputes have to be looked upon carefully
without unnecessary rushes. The causes of the conflicts have to be studied carefully for a
complete analysis. This is purposely to come out with reasonable inferences in the resolution of
the disputes. Reasons of disputes range from family disputes, monetary disagreements, sibling
rivalry, power wrangles in the workplace and due to ignorance of some characters. Thus it is
essential for the keen observation of conflict and identifies its cause first before proceeding with
the resolution of the former in the instance. In any form of conflict, there has to be a
peacemaker to act as the initiator in the process of conflict resolution. Conflicts approaches are
essential in the judgment of disputes. There are however various conflict approaches which are
used in the conflict resolution as discussed in the analysis of situations below.
Developing Self Awareness
From the instance described in the situation above, there is a sense of conflict in the company
as the boss does not believe that indeed the manager took his friends for dinner at his expense
account in Chicago. The primary source of conflict in the scenario is misinformation; the boss
does not acknowledge the fact that the manager is putting efforts towards ensuring that the
company optimizes the opportunity in the conference to reap profits from the event. However,
the boss does not believe in the actions of the manager and see it as the made up story.
Moreover, this is a fact, and it indeed happened (Nalbandov, 2016).

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As an initiator, in this case, my primary role is to ensure that the boss is satisfied [d and
acknowledges the actions of the manager. However approach of forcing the manager into
denying what he did won't be a good show, Forcing the manager into the non-acknowledgment
of his action will make him feel demotivated and frustrated in his job description thus lower the
productivity required in the workplace. The use of formal authority in forcing the manager should
not be applicable in the workplace just for the satisfaction of the needs of the boss and the firm
at the expense of the requirements by the manager
The personal stage of moral development in the situation is the pre-conventional morality level
which entails the phase of the morality of contract (Johansen and Cadmus, 2016, pp.211-218).
The will of the majority s always at hand and given the utmost respect. The boss in the situation
should highly value the status and the well-being of the society. The boss should believe the
action done by the manager as it is supported by a majority of the people. I was there at the
conference, and it is true as suggested by the colleague manager. He is the one who invited the
friends for dinners and charged to his expense account.
The morality of contract stage of the moral development is essential in the code and conduct
required in the form (Speakman, and Ryals, 2015). The requirements are all relative to the firm and
its operational structure. The morality of contract in the firm is different from that forms the other
firm. This stage is crucial as it helps the characters involved in a situation to enter into a contract
with the boss of being fair to each other and showing utmost respect to the relevant authorities.
The boss applying the stage will be able to agree to the statement by the manager as they
develop self-respect and promote the necessary social rules and the laws in an organization.
The right stage of the principled conscience is also critical in such cases (Huang et al., 2016).
As he initiated in this situation, there is need for the boss to objectively examine the needs of
the manager significantly because it is a universal principle in the corporate world that the staff

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in the institution should be motivated by the individual conscience in that they do what is right
according to the code s and conduct of the operations of the organization. The interpersonal
interrelationships orientations behavior is essential in enabling an amicable solution to the
doubting boss of the manager’s actions. I was there during the conference too, and the
manager indeed played a better part in ensuring that the firm benefited by changing it to an
expense account.
The orientation of the employees in essential in enabling the reduction of anxiety. The primary
role of orientation is to put the employee’s, i.e., the manager in the case into a different and new
situation (Singer, 2018). This will cause the boss to be in apposition to do his job correctly.
Adequate and proper orientation being offered to the boss I key in ensuring that any anxiety that
arises from the unknown situation is dealt with accordingly in an amicable manner. This strong
orientation provided to the boss will capacitate him with the guidelines for managerial skills in
whatsoever case. This reduces the burden on the employee of guessing on the actions taken by
the boss. Orientation is likely to make the boss accept the fact that indeed the manager brought
the friends for dinner a Chicago and charged it into his expense account. There is the need for
the formulation of a comprehensive framework whereby every part gains. The boss wants to
benefit from the output of the firm whereas the manager wants to help from his effort in the
production process as he has invested efforts in ensuring that the firm optimizes every facility
and party to gain momentum (Xue, and Lu, 2018 pp.516-521).
A new employee orientation program is vital in enabling the manager in the firm to adjust to the
workplace environment and surrounding such that positive work attitude is instilled in the
manager and motivated to the highest levels. The critical e of this kind of orientation is that the
manager and other employed staff will have the morale of more towards ensuring the success
of the firm operations.

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Solving problems analytically and creatively
The identification of the creativity blocks is vital in analyzing the issue and providing the solution.
In this instance where the boss is a neighborhood in the operations structure. It is essential to
acknowledge the fact that the challenges come from the change policy implemented by the boss
in the company. The social attributes of the boss have to be accommodated in the company. I
would evaluate the ideas of the boss appropriately and know the effects that the plans have on
the structure of the company (Bradley, Anderson, Baur, and Klotz, 2015 pp. 243). It is vital to
consider to acknowledge psychological safety where the ideas and actions of the boss are
accepting them accordingly.
The main limitation of the boss is that she wants to implement changes in the company without
involving the decisions of the employees. It is essential for the consultations to take place in the
workplace. The new system will not be suitable for employees who are used to the old system as
adapting to the new system might inconvenience production in the company. Adjusting to the new
schedules put forward by the boss tends to make it hard for the employees to cope up with the new
system thus lagging in their job descriptions. The boss is also driven by the superiority complex by
the power she holds in the company. She is after showing off her prowess in the control and directing
the operations of the company. The new budgeting process might lead to a financial crisis as the
expenditures might outdo the savings in the company. The new meeting schedules will delay the
employees from being punctual in the necessary meetings at the company. Thus the instance
described above can be manageable through the creation of insights as the analogy technique of

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creative thinking is vital in ensuring that the necessary assumptions and ideologies that arrive even
though there are limitations.
The analogy of critical and creative thinking should be applied here to accommodate the condition of
the boss. Since she is always after proving herself more powerful, the better solution to do here
maintaining respect with her, this is because such characters are usually aligned with negativities of
workplaces such as downsizing and layoffs. This it is better for the employees to adapt to the new
change policy that is to be implemented in the organization by the boss. However, the employees
have the right to involve themselves in some of the decision that is to be made.
There are several conflict resolution approaches to be used in such an occasion. However, the most
preferred conflict resolution approach is the collaborating with the standard sand policies of the new
boss with her new changes (Tjosvold, Wong and Feng Chen, 2014). Collaborating with her
requirements should be done in a condition that all parties’ benefit, i.e., her orders are followed, but
the suggestions of the staff are also considered. The solution should be amicable to them that no one
feels like burdened at all. The problem with the boss is likely to be solved by the implementation of
the collaborative approach. Another critical conflict resolution is the compromising approach. This
involves the partial satisfaction for all the participants in the situation. Though the method is not very
effective and reliance because all the requirements and changes might not have been implemented
but is critical in ensuring that the level of conflicts and disagreements is lowered to the minimum level
(Polat et al., 2017).
The most creative solution which can help in this situation is involved in the decision making of the
company. It is the right of every employee to ensure that everything is in order in the organization to
provide smooth management in the firm, Adapting to the new schedules and systems is also vital in
ensuring that the organization's new systems run smoothly without interference for maximum
productivity. Thus with such a boss, I would adapt to the implemented change policies adequately

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and ensure that I try as much as possible to cope up with the new systems so as to reduce the
intolerance and disturbances in the organization
Managing Conflict
In such a situation where the neighbor who speaks very loudly on the phone thus interrupting with the
peace of colleagues at the workplace, there is the need for the use of an efficient and effective
conflict resolution approach. The approach should be evaluated significantly so that when applied, no
party will feel lesser than the other. Extensive research is required before using the conflict resolution
approach so as solve the issue amicably with the neighbor (Ware, 2017, pp.68-80).
Conflict resolution in this circumstance should appear to be a win-win situation. With the loud
noise made by the colleague, there is much noise made by him in the workplace. Noise has
away been a distractor in any activity that is occurring. The first issue here is that one should
realize that all the parties have biased fairness perceptions in any situation. Here every party
will always say that he is right in his actions and endeavors. No one will accept the mistakes.
The sense that is evidenced in the situation is egocentrism. This is witnessed in the case as the
neighbor makes a lot of noise over the phone. This conflict can be restored back to normal by
overcoming the self-centered perceptions (Rahim, 2017). This is achievable through the hiring of
a mediator who is critical in enabling us to see appoint in the situation or the application of a
third party such as an appraiser to provide the view of the facts.
Avoid escalating tensions with threats and provocative moves. Since the irritation feeling can
make one angry thus overreact, this can lead to us making threats to the neighbor to attract
attention. This can involve the ruining of an individual’s reputation (Prati et al., 2016). This is a
mistake always to give threats and moves that happen to be attention seeking. The humans
tend treating people regarding the manner in which they are also treated; the neighbor should
be treated as a colleague in the way that approaching him is an easy thing to do because of the
mutual respect that is between the workplace. It is never advisable to use threats in any

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situation because different people respond to threats in different manners (Johansen and
Cadmus, 2016) Threats are a way of use after all the possible options for resolving conflicts are
exhausted as threats to the neighbor can bring about spiral conflicts.
Look beneath the surface to identify deeper issues. The issue with the neighbor should be
keenly investigated and not jumping to unnecessary conclusions. Most disputes often involve
money, disputes involving labor rights and employee wages and family conflicts. The source of
all these noises might be from the money issue of family conflicts back at home (Stepanova,
2015). This can bring about frustrations with the neighbor. In any conflict, there is always the
feeling of being disrespected thus leading to disappointments. It is critical to listen attentively to
the grievances by the neighbor in the workplace to identify and acknowledge the concerns that
might be causing the problem of making the loud noise (Prenzel and Vanclay, 2014, pp.30-37).
The use of this conflict management strategy is critical ensuring that the cordial relationship is
strengthened and bonded in such a manner that new interests are brought to the table.
However, the alternative to solving the situation is accommodating the neighbor. Since this is a
tendency of the neighbor to make loud noise over the phone, it might take time for him to reduce
the trait of reform completely. Given enough time, it is advisable to accommodate the character
portrayed by the neighbor and give time for changes. It can last for some time, but after
resolving the issue, it will be a meantime and the neighbor reforms. After approaching the
neighbor and tabling the outcries, accommodating him will lead to self-guilt into oneself. With
this trend, change will occur (Crowley, Hinchliffe and McDonald, 2017 pp.133-141).
. Talking to the neighbor not only as a work colleague but also as a friend is also very crucial. It
is critical to enable the neighbor to realize the work ethics and the code of conduct required in
the workplace. The conflict resolution approach of collaborative is essential in ensuring that the
traits of the neighboring colleague are tolerated for the time to instill the sense of self-guilt to

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oneself. This makes it very viable for the noisy to change the trait by himself. It is also possible
to use force on the neighbor to make him improve the quality (Thiel et al.j, 2018). This involves
the application of the relevant authorities in the firm to ensure that they suppress the
neighboring colleague and force him to follow the codes and conduct of the institution which
does not allow noise was making in the workplaces.
This is achievable as instilling some ethics and morals required in the workplace will enable the
neighbor to go by the moral standards of the firm. There is no organization that permits the staff
to be loudly due to the noise because it does not give a good picture given that clients visit the
place and might be discouraged from the firm due to the loud noise in the workplace. Hence this
is key in the conflict resolution with the neighboring colleague who makes a lot of noise during
phone calls (Erdenk and Altuntaş, 2017, pp 366-374).
Leading Positive Change
Establishing a climate of positivity.
This is key in ensuring that employees are safe and approve the changes that are to be
introduced into the organization. This is achievable by the manager in the organization. For the
sausage company to be successful in the market and sell its products well, there is the need for
the manager to ensure that the employees are happy in their line of duty. This makes the
productivity in the organization more intense as there are more retention rates and the costs
turn over by employees is reduced as per the required standards. There is thus the urgent need
in the change in management to rectify the operations in the business (Dogan, 2016, pp.200-219)
The feeling of employees is key to ensuring that employees ensure high production in the
company.
For the change to be implemented successfully, there is the need for the manager to create a
positive and bright vision entirely. The difference in the operations of the company involves

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technical levels which ought to be reviewed carefully. The company’s change entails the
organization of the members of the company resolving to implement and acknowledge a
difference fully in the company. The readiness for change in the company involves the
functionality of the staff towards their valuing of the organizational change. The employees in
the company have the capability of ensuring that they initiate the particular switch or offer
resistance. Thus the employees have to educate appropriately on the essence of the change
and its impacts on the productivity of the sausage company.
As the head of the operations in the sausage company, for-profit maximization, I would facilitate
a seminar where the awareness is created to the employees. Educating the employees
appropriately and illustrating to them the need for the change and its importance to the structure
of the company (Kerzner, and Kerzner, 2017). Apart from creating awareness, it is critical for a
contingency plan to be engineered. The program will help in gauging future events and actions.
The contingency plan should be prepared in that when the change is implemented; there should
be no interference with the employability of the staff. There should be no reduction in the
number of employees in the company at any cots whatever to fully maximize productivity.
Reorganizing the structure of the employees into self-directed teams tend to motivate the
employees more and encourages teamwork. The tendency of unity brings all efforts by the
employees together towards the optimization of the production outputs in the company. With
this, the company will make more profits as the employees produce more when working
together. The employees should be trained on the essence of teamwork in production. With self-
direction among the employees, the sharing of ideas is made easy thus educating one another
on how an action in productivity should be done (Folger, Poole and Stutman, 2017).

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The change should be implemented in that; no employee should lose his job for the sake of the
change. The employees should be indulged in the decision-making for the difference to be
incorporated into the company (Wallensteen, 2015). Their say is vital before implementing the
change policy. Ask the employees on what they view as being the best change policy in the
improvement of the company towards maximizing the profit margins. The employees should be
dealt with in a friendly and approachable manner so as they can make contributions to the
change process. Their answers should be considered more in the operations of the company
because they are the key participants who will facilitate the change process as they are usually
on the ground on a daily basis. After their answers are considered, the changes can now be
made in the company accordingly (Keener, Strough, and DiDonato, 2018, pp.1-8)
Encouraging tram work and the spirit of working together (Bao, Zhu, Hu and Cui, 2016 p. 541).
Arranging for the employees some festive where they celebrate even if some drinks are offered.
This small treatment can easily ease tension in the company as accelerate the employees more
towards the goals of maximizing production by increasing profit margins. This is key for in the
self-direction of the employees before the change policy is implemented, there is the need for
thorough assessment of the change process and its impacts on the company (Baker, Détienne
and Barcellini, pp. 141-157). 2017).
Conclusion
Conflicts emerge on a daily basis. I t has become a norm for conflicts to occur each and every
day in our daily endeavors in life. Appropriate approaches such as forcing where relevant
authorities are used are vital in solving the disputes. The presence of an initiator in any conflict
situation is very critical as the initiator acts as the neutralizing element in the resolution of the
conflicts whatsoever the case. For any conflict to be resolved with both parties becoming
satisfied, there has to be a sense of neutrality in the case. The neutral party plays as the initiator

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and helps in the resolution of the conflict between any identifiable characters in a situation.
Conflicts require ample time to be solved amicably. Forcing is an approach of conflict resolution
which is majorly used by the relevant authorities in the particular parties involved in the
instances of conflict. Other procedures such as collaborative and compromising are crucial in
the evaluation and resolving of various conflicts which occur during our daily experiences in life.
The disputes, however, have to be studied keenly because there might be something
substantial behind the occurrence of the conflict in order or it to be resolved amicably.

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