Sources of Conflict in Project Management

This article explores the various sources of conflict in project management and the importance of unpacking them for effective dispute resolution. It discusses different types of conflicts that can arise in the workplace and the methods used to resolve them. The paper also highlights the role of cultural differences in conflict and provides insights for IT managers on how to address conflict based on its sources.

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Budd, J. W., Colvin, A. J., & Pohler, D. (2017). Advancing dispute resolution by unpacking
the sources of conflict: toward an integrated framework. Available at SSRN 3045937.
Introduction
The paper mainly reflects on the advancing dispute resolution by successfully unpacking
the various sources of the conflict. It is found that different types of organizational leaders as
well as policy makes have properly developed different types of diverse methods that are
generally helpful in resolving the workplace conflict. However due to improper recognition
about the effectiveness of the dispute resolution methods id generally dependent on the various
sources of the conflicts. Moreover, it is considered to be very much important to properly
understand the conflict and how this is helpful in resolution of the dispute. Moreover, the article
also helps in integrating on the scholarship of the various types of discipline for successfully
developing a multi-dimensional framework on the different types of sources of conflict. This
further helps in providing significant foundation for successfully theorizing as well as
determining the dispute resolution methodologies that are very much important than the ever-
changing world of the entire work that raise different types of conflicts as well as institutions.
Analysis
The paper mainly reflects on the ways through which the conflicts can be resolved or
mitigated. The conflicts that generally arises within the interaction between the groups as well as
different individuals should be properly resolved with the establishment of proper process as
well as rules through which the people acquiesce (Budd, Colvin & Pohler, 2017). Negotiation
that generally occur two or more number of parties are considered as one of the important
methods that is generally utilized for resolving conflict. In addition to this, the paper also focuses

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on the usefulness of various types of frameworks by effectively setting the framework that
further helps in enhancing the ability of properly analyzing the conflict as well as determining
the methods that are generally helpful in re- analyzing three examples of the conflict resolution
(Betts, 2017). The paper also focuses on the structural as well as cognitive eminent that further
helps in reflecting the psychogenic sources of the conflict significant elements within the hot
trends case helps in properly layering the physical injury forecasting proper phytogenic conflict
with the help of different types of structural issues for successfully utilizing the compensation.
The structural dimension generally emphasizes different types of contextual causes of the
conflicts. The second dimension of the framework helps in considering different types of factors
that further can cause or influence the conflict which is generally related with the cognitive
functioning, interpretation, perception, decision making as well as communication (Musah,
Ghazali, & Isha, 2017). The second dimension generally focuses on the factors which further
helps in influencing the conflict which are generally related with the interpretation, perception as
well as information processing as well as communication. It is analyzed that by successfully
highlighting the various types of features, the dimension that is generally based on the
framework helps in diagnosing the conflict which generally arises due to improper
communication as well as misperception as well as different types of opinions for solving the
problem and for communicating quite successfully (Nischal & Bhalla, 2015).
On the other hand, the paper also helps in reflecting that cultural difference can be one of
the major sources of the conflict that generally arises. Each of the individual’s knowledge should
be interpretative schema that further helps in developing over time such that the person generally
helps in encountering different types of information that generally organizes it. Moreover, the
models that are generally based on the cognitive limitations are generally underlie on the

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behavioural economic based principle for the bounded rationality. It is found that communication
generally helps in transmitting ideas as well as information between various people (Gómez‐
García et al., 2017). However there a number of ways which generally can break down the
conflict. The paper also helps in outlining four different types of paradigms for modelling
different types of ideas well as information which are generally transferred. Furthermore, the
resulting framework generally helps in generating different types of new ideas in order to
develop much more appropriate effective dispute resolution methods that are generally
dependent on the understanding of various types of conflicts (Schleussner et al., 2016). The
framework also helps in highlighting additional number of considerations for successfully
understanding the various sources of the conflict within each of the cases that are considered to
be effective within the entire procedure which further helps in properly diagnosing different
types of underlying sources.
Conclusion
It can be concluded from the entire paper that conflict is generally endured as one of the
important features. Within the entire workplace, the conflict generally helps in manifesting
disputes between the various co-workers as well as collective agreement-based negotiations
between the various managers as well as employees. This paper generally integrates as well as
synthesizes with the various multidisciplinary views in context to the conflict that further helps
in creating a proper framework in order to understand the major sources of the conflict that is
generally distilled down on the basis of the three different multi-dimensional categories
including structural, psychogenic as well as cognitive. The disputes are generally multi-faced
with different number of causes that generally helps in creating interaction in a different number

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of ways. Furthermore, it is considered to be important for distinguishing the various aspects of
the conflict sources that are generally considered as appropriate solution for the conflict.
Lessons for IT manager
After reviewing the article, it is analyzed that unpacking the sources of conflict is
considered as one of the important as well as advancing dispute resolution method. It is analyzed
that the IT manager needs to properly focus on the various dispute resolution methods that are
generally dependent on its fits with the sources of a particular conflict. Moreover, it is considered
to be very much beneficial for properly understanding the conflict that generally comes from
various dispute resolution method.

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Review 1:
Hi <Please fill your name>
The paper that you have provided is very much impressive. The paper proper views the sources
of the conflicts by reviewing a number of literature sources. The introduction provides brief
elaboration of the entire topic by taking the example of a case. Moreover, the analysis elaborates
different sources of conflicts and how unpacking conflicts are important in resolving issues. In
addition to the conclusion that is provided is satisfying and additionally the entire paper
presentation is good.
Thank You,
Review 2:
Hi <Please fill your name>
Very nice article selected and proper research is done, the way in which the case studies are
added helps in fabricating the entire research. Well done. Beside that, it is mentioned in the paper
that proper focus on the sources of conflict is one of the important ways to resolve issues. Each
of the individual’s knowledge should be interpretative schema that further helps in developing
over time. Overall, the entire paper is good.
Thank you,