Conflicts in Organization

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CONFLICTS IN ORGANIZATION
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Tjosvold, D., 2006. Defining conflict and making choices about its
management: Lighting the dark side of organizational life. International
Journal of Conflict Management, 17(2), pp.87-95.
According to Muhammed, conflicts are an essential aspect of a work team. On his
attempt of defining conflict, it is the struggle or contest existing between people or group with
opposing needs, beliefs, ideas, values and goals. In the article, News framing of ethno-political
issues and conflict behaviours: Etnic conflict pathways model, the author has discussed conflicts
and conflict management majorly. Along with various types of conflicts and benefits and
determinants of conflicts. The articles have focused on almost every needed aspect however it
could focus on one aspect in details. The article has helped in understanding the concept of
conflict. There are various ways to decide on a definition of conflict. While discussing the
conflict the most profound immediate concept gets pictured are the differences and
disagreements. However, conflicts can be described as disagreements among individuals or
groups that are characterised by hostility and antagonism. It is mainly encouraged by the
opposition of one party to another. Conflict is an attempt to achieve an objective that differs from
the other party. There are various elements of conflict which vary in the principles and values
that creates a conflict. When the values and principles of different people do not go along, the
result is conflict.
Prause, D. and Mujtaba, B.G., 2015. Conflict management practices for
diverse workplaces. Journal of Business Studies Quarterly, 6(3), p.13.
In this article, the author has aimed to look into the present conflict management
practices, research on compliance with a workplace that is diverse in nature. Prause and Mujtaba

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discusses the ways conflict management can be proved useful in the workplace. In the article, the
authors have focused well on conflict structures, types and challenges that are generally
occurring in the workplace. The paper brings forth explicitly several management strategies for
the employees and managers. The management strategies that can result in beneficial way. The
article has successfully helped in understanding the precise meaning of conflict management in
an organisation and ways through which managers and employees can help resolve problems.
The article has aided in understanding that workplace conflicts or organisational conflicts are the
state of disagreements that occur due to different perspectives or misunderstanding. The factors
leading to conflicts in organisations are the actual or perceived dissent of needs, resources,
beliefs and relationship between two or more than two members of an organisation. It is indeed
common to have conflicts in a workplace that happen when opinions differ in regard to any
particular task or decision. In simpler terms, organisational conflict refers to the results that occur
from the incompatibility of human interaction where one person or groups do not agree with the
other person or group.
Nifadkar, S.S. and Bauer, T.N., 2016. Breach of belongingness: Newcomer
relationship conflict, information, and task-related outcomes during
organizational socialization. Journal of Applied Psychology, 101(1), p.1.
The author Nifadkar and Bauer, in his article Organizational conflicts: causes, effects and
remedies have examined the causes, consequences and solutions of organisational conflict. The
author has discussed things that lead to conflicts in an organisation. It is a universal truth that
conflicts are inevitable, and the article focuses on the importance of resolving conflicts on time
and with the right strategy. The main three categories on which the article have focused on are
the reasons, effects, and remedies of conflict. Every member of an organisation has a certain