Fed University: ITECH 7401 Team Leadership Blog Project

This assignment presents a team leadership blog, comprised of three individual blog posts analyzing various aspects of leadership and project management. The first blog post examines the sources of conflict and methods of conflict resolution, drawing from Rahim's research. The second blog post delves into the relationship between leadership, power, and organizational justice, citing Karkoulian's work. The third blog post is a review of the first two blog posts, including feedback and insights. Each blog post provides an introduction, analysis, and conclusion. The assignment addresses key concepts like economic, value, and power conflicts, the impact of leadership styles on organizational justice, and conflict resolution methods, including win-win, win-lose and lose-lose approaches. The blogs also examine the role of communication and the effects of power dynamics within organizations. The assignment aims to explore the impact of leadership on project success and resistance to change.

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Blog 1
Sources of Conflict and Methods of Conflict Resolution
Rahim, M. A. (2017). Managing conflict in organizations. Routledge.
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/c79d/9b7849528d3fa2170d33b6382f7da2b77a11.pdf
Introduction
This article described how conflict exists in our society and various social backgrounds.
The author further describes that lack of political conflict in the political arena signifies the lack
of association between parties. However, conflict is therefore regarded as neutral but how it is
conducted is very critical. More so, the author defines conflict as a mismatch of set objectives or
morals amongst two or various groups or associations in a relationship, joined with an aim of
controlling each other and the rival feeling towards each other (Rahim, 2017). The differences
may exist or alleged by the groups involved. Hostile emotions and conflicting arguments are
regarded as the main symbols of human conflict. The author gives a clear view that the presence
of conflict acts as a potential deal to various forms of destruction, positive social changes in
society, and much creativity. In the same context, the authors understand that it is very important
to understand the same basic process of conflicts in the need to maximize production output and
minimize the destructive one. The article briefly described the common sources of conflicts,
escalation of the conflict, levels of conflicts, and the conflict resolution method.
Analysis
The author reached to a various conclusion based on the research in this article
concerning the conflict. It is the same view the article highlights the foundations of conflict

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which include the following: economic, value, and power. Economic conflict is described where
there are competition motives in order to get scares resources. In this regard, both parties' aims at
obtaining most resources best they can, and at the same time, the performance and sensations of
every group are aimed at maximizing the gain. Moreover, the researcher adds that value conflict
entails incompatibility ideologies, life customs, and what people believe in. The author gives an
example such as international conflicts and believes that it has strong value component where
every party proclaims the superiority in its way of life together with the political-economic
system. On the power conflict, the article further describes that conflict arises where each group
wishes to maximize or maintain high standards of the impact that it applies in the association and
social setup.
Any party can become powerful without the other party being considered inferior even if
they directly influence each other. Furthermore, Power conflict exists between groups,
individual, or even between states or nations where one or both interested parties exert power to
the relationship. This attracts conflicts since both parties, aims at controlling each other. In
addition, the researcher further gives a general statement that there are no pure types of
skirmishes but they involve a various combination of sources. An example is a union-
management conflict where in most case it involves economic competition but it can also take
power struggle and regularly engage political or different ideologies. Another source of conflict
that is illustrated is ineffective communication.
This is brought about by misunderstanding and miscommunication that ends up creating
conflict. Lack of skills in communication may end up in confusion, anger, and hurt where all of
them contributes conflict process. On escalation of the conflict, the author has distinctly shown
that in this level the conflict is not manageable. The process creates fear and defensiveness. Each

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party believes that the other one has an evil intention that symbolizes mistrust and
competitiveness. The article goes further to highlight the different levels of conflict which are:
interpersonal conflict or conflict between individuals, role conflict, the conflict between groups,
multiparty conflict, and global conflict.
Interpersonal conflict arises where two individual possesses discordant goals or need in
their association. Communication breakdown, in this case, acts as a good example. Unsettled
conflict usually results in relationships breakdown and termination. Role conflict has also
contributed to the work of the researcher, where the author describes the conflict in this context
that arises where there is very tangible role definition, responsibility or expectation between
people who are dependent on the social system. If the role is not yet clear, interpersonal friction
erupts and the solution is complicated. The other conflict level is the international conflict that
arises at a global level. The author gives a clear distinction in intergroup conflict and multiparty
conflict. For intergroup, conflict arises where a collection of individuals such as racial groups
differ in an organization while Multi-Party Conflict is evident where interested groups have
conflicting priorities over policy development (Wallensteen, 2018).
The conflict resolution methods used by the author aims at resolving a conflict that may
have been caused by various sources. The researcher gives various approaches that are deemed
to offer solutions to incompatibilities that exist. These approaches include: include a win-lose
approach that one learns at the early life and is the most common, lose-lose plan or strategy that
is used in leveling over conflict or even obtaining a solution with simplest compromises, and
lastly win-win approach that aims at maximizing goals of two parties by cooperative problem-
solving.

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Fig 1: Conflict resolution
Conclusion
The author arrives at the conclusion that conflict in the unavoidable fact of human
existence. If well managed, then the productivity and satisfaction of social relationships are
cultivated. Various sources of conflict described in this document give a clear understanding of
the relationship that exists between various parties. It also gives a clear and well-elaborated
approach to solving the conflicts under conflict resolution methods. This article is important in
that it highlights it equips researchers in identifying more method of conflicts resolution that
promotes peaceful coexistence among various parties. Despite challenges in solving the conflict,
solutions to conflict are paramount.
Lessons to be learned
Based on this article, the author conveys a very important lesson. That conflict must
always be there even if the society is perceived to be peaceful. People involved in the conflict
must always arrive at a solution despite their differences. Existence of conflicts if not resolved
might lead to hurt, anger, war or even create fear among groups, nation, or even individuals.

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Reviews
Re: Blog 2
This is a very nice article containing a nice introduction that has capture y intention and
the desire to read the entire paper. I think is a great work that every reader expects. A wonderful
analysis done here is a clear reflection on what was covered in totality. I like the relationship that
is shown in the paper between leadership style and organizational justice as a variable while
power is used as a mediator between them. The analysis part is clearly understood. The choice of
word is the conclusion summarizes the paper. The images used gives a clear picture of what
happens when solving conflicts in an organization. Bravo!
Re: Blog 3
I would like to say that your blog is very nice to read. The analysis part of your paper
contains succinct points that are clearly written. Moreover, I am gladdened with the way you
introduced your blog; the thesis statement is well organized and easy to read. Well done? Your
paper is well reviewed and researched. I would also like to comment about the points you
mentioned in the analysis section, I do agree with all those points, it is true that the all critical
success factors in business have the same impact on each different success outcome.
Blog 2
The Reign of Leadership & Power in Just Organizations (OJ)
Karkoulian, S. (2015). The reign of leadership & power in just organizations. Contemporary
Management Research, 11(2).Retrieved From:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281689175_The_Reign_of_Leadership_Power_
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Introduction
This article is based on the correlation between leadership and an organization justice
where power is purposely used as a mediator between leadership and organization justice (OJ).
The study explains that leadership in an organization affects OJ s under the condition that power
acts the liaison. The used sample is composed of 400 employees working in the firm specialized
in electronic and telecommunication in sections of various departments. In this article, the two
analysis that was used to analyze the data and coming up with the conclusion were regression
and path analysis. Through the findings, the author vividly shows that a highly implemented
leadership effectively give way to justice in the organization where power is exercised in the
organization( Karkoulian, 2015). The findings obtained are of great values to the wide range of
studies related to human resource management not only in this organization but also in a
business organization. It is this finding that the article further explains the worker's welfare in
regards to fairs and just treatment that must be met in the organization. The author in this article
describes that through the promotion of justice, the practice will enhance the current and future
success of the firm. Successful leadership style always works towards ensuring fairness in the
organization for the just and ethical workplace for their employees.

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Fig2: Image showing leadership and (OJ) on employees performance.
Analysis
The author of this article reached to a conclusion that seems to agree with many studies
that were conducted, recognize and appreciate the importance of good leadership and power in a
just organization. It is clear that power exertion will always play a significant role in leadership
in any human resource manager. The article verifies the substantive relation that occurs between
the leadership and OJ in leadership transformation. How a competent leader promotes justice in
the organization and employees perception of a just firm. Organization justice has also been
linked to supervisors leadership styles where the article specify that transformed leadership style
will always enhance high-quality output for the workers with the existence of organization
justice which is a key component that acts as the psychological mechanism mediating between
quality work life for the workers and supervisors' implement quality leadership style. It is in this
article that the author clearly shows the model a leader or the source of authority in the firm, they
must stand in for the organization and reach desired justice for the workers. The author also
describes the methods of conveying the required procedure and policies that must be adhered to
by the followers. This solidifies the workforce. Furthermore, transformed leadership highlights

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that effective communication when airing the views between employees and the organization
management has increased the perception of the fair firm (Budd, sss Colvin, & Pohler,2017). It
is this context that the employees feel the organization appreciation to their effort in response to
the degree in which human resource management demonstrate their power. The author believes
that fair treatment and respect to subordinates through sufficient and sincere communication will
motivate their perception of fairness. The research methodology in this article, addresses power,
organization justice and leadership as main components. More so, it shows the relationship that
exists between the variables together and linkage of leadership styles to the corresponding OJ but
maintaining power as a mediator between the variables under the study. The author conducts
data collection with demographic details on age, genders, work experience, level of education,
work duration, and organizational level. The article also describes the multifactor leadership
questionnaire (MLQ), the measure of five bases of power, and twenty questions on OJ as a
dependent construct.
Under regression, the positive correlation coefficient, the author illustrates that there
exists a strong relationship between leadership and organizational justice. The path analysis, on
the other hand, shows the degree to which the relationship is achieved. This is well seen in the
transactional and transformational leadership style to organizational justice (Xu, Loi., & Ngo,
2016). The limitation under this research is that the author relied so much on a small sample
which is a biased estimator in the research. Furthermore, the article in data collection and
analysis, Is restricted to quantitative measure and this give limitation on research findings.
Conclusion
In spite of the above-discussed limitation, the article is important in various ways. It
contains ways in which good leadership and efficient execution of powers influence workers

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perception of justice. The author in the article argues that if managers if not keen upon playing
their role in the organization, may be prone to making a biased decision. If the manager fails to
make the biased judgment to the subordinates, they may not observe the fundamentals of
organizational justice. This, therefore, have greatly promoted resistance and weak commitment
by workers towards the organization. This article further describes the methodology of research
on data collection that was purposely done to establish the relationship between the leadership
style and organizational justices where power acted as mediator between the two variables. This
contributes to the understanding of the organizational justice in relation to power and leadership
and the implications of those two variables to the prosperity of the organization. The author also
highlights the fair treatments the employees expect their supervisors under fair and just
organizations.
Lessons to be learned by managers
For the smooth running of an organization, the managers need to understand various leadership
qualities .it is from this article that the manager acquires knowledge on the organizational
justices that their employees expect from them. In order for them to become and establish clear
procedure and policies that need to be implemented. The value of all employees must be upheld
and respected.
Reviews
Re: Blog 3
This paper is very nice to read and it has a good introduction and conclusion. I have
thoroughly read this review and the way the paper was arranged in such a way that the ideas and
finding show a well-done job. It shows you have conducted research. It is nice to read. The
points from the analysis discussing that all the serious success issues in business contain the

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similar impact on each diverse success result are true according to my view. Once again, I would
like to mention that your conclusion shows a clear focus. Thank you, my friend.
Re: Project Selection Techniques, Relevance & Applications in Pakistan
Very nice article, good introduction, and conclusion. The paper is well reviewed and
concluded, and it is very nice to read. I must say that the way you presented your points in your
paper fabricates your research. I do agree with the argument that Project Management Role and
Voice of Customer are the most effective components, while Strategic Business Role, duration of
the project, and Software Technology, are insignificant. I am also impressed with the way you
stated your thesis statement and the way you analyzed the article. Moreover, I think the best way
of dealing with the situation, is to involve the process of project selection to ensure the selection
of financially feasible projects.
Blog 3
Project success and project team management: Evidence from capital projects in the
process industries.
Scott-Young, C., & Samson, D. (2018). Project success and project team management: Evidence
from capital projects in the process industries. Journal of Operations Management, 26(6),
749-766.Retrieved from:
https://www.researchgate.net/.../223729679_Project_success_and_project_team_manag
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Introduction
The major business objective in any organization particular business based industries is to
have an efficient project execution (Scott-Young, & Samson, 2018). The current project
management research guide how the factors of project team affect the three most valued capital
factors such as operability, schedule, and cost. This paper is based on the research study that was
conducted on the quantitative research study of 56 projects that were newly completed from 500
organizations, to investigate the influence of project team management practices in an
organization. The authors conducted an extensive cross-disciplinary review by drawing their
focus on the project team, developed and tested how the project was designed, leadership,
processes, and five-dimensional model of the company. Moreover, the researchers found that
various factors of the workers have a great impact on the project operability, schedule, and cost.
It also identified that the most effective predictors of cost-effectiveness are cross-functional
projects and autonomous project team. Moreover, the article illustrates that continuity of the
project leadership, project manager incentives and were the most wringing predictors of project
scheduling, while the concise project objectives and office design are main predictors of plant
operability (Karam, Hu, Davison, Juravich, Nahrgang, Humphrey, & Scott DeRue, 2019).
Analysis
The authors of the article examined the project team management using quantitative
research study of 56 completed capital projects that were newly from 500 organizations. The
information obtained from these newly completed projects were used to identify the impact of
the project management team on project success and organization performance. The results from
the research show that the value of re. The researchers also explored the impact of relationships