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Conflict - Coggle Diagram
Conflict
Causes
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- defined authority – responsibility relationships
When authority and responsibility of individuals and groups is not properly defined, people do not understand each other’s role
- Differences in perception
Philosophy
- Human relations approach:
human relations approach assumes that conflict is unavoidable. It is bound to happen because of differences in opinion and perception amongst individuals.
As conflict cannot be avoided, it should be resolved in a friendly way.
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According to this approach, management views conflict as bad and destructive for organisational performance.
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Meaning
Conflict is a state of discord caused by the actual or perceived opposition of needs, values and interests.
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can arise when two or more parties, with perceived incompatible goals seek to undermine each other’s goal-seeking capability
competitive situations, two or more individuals or parties have mutually inconsistent goals and either party tries to reach their goal and undermine the attempts of the other to reach theirs
cooperative situations, in which two or more individuals or parties have consistent goals, but the manner in which one party tries to reach their goal can still undermine the other individual or party
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