Conflict in the Workplace

Conflict in the Workplace

Introduction

Conflict is referred as the struggle between the two parties who perceive that their interests need have a threat for the opposing party. Conflicts arise everywhere in the world. Usually, conflicts arise when a person feel insecure in the environment and he or she thinks that their rights are not protected or they are not getting any benefit.

Conflicts in the workplace are the particular type of conflict which only arises in the organizations. Organizations which are running their operations on large scale and their operations expand worldwide usually face workplace conflict which impacts on the productivity of the organization. Mostly, conflicts arise due to the difference of the backgrounds of the individuals whenever they work together.

Leaders must understand and have all knowledge related to all aspects in managing the conflict effectively. It is critical to identify and exploring the causes which influences the conflicts to arise. Luckily, managers of the successful corporations are adopting strategies which will help in minimizing the organizational conflicts, and also helps in learning such efficient ways to get solutions through the proper use of proper conflict management practices. Identifying and clear understanding of the conflict sources and handling them in an efficient manner is the initial step for the good leadership.

Discussion

Many of the human resource experts state conflict as, an individual's sharp deviation or resistance of ideas or interests. It means that conflicts arise when you have a different way of thinking or adopting different approach of viewing the scenario which differs from others and you want to make sure that you are right or your benefit should not be affected with the decision.

Today, many organizations are analyzing the reasons of their low productivity. And many of the experts in the organization concluded that conflict among the employees of the company is the root cause. Whenever conflict occurs in the workplace, it reduces the employee productivity, reduces the morale of the employee, absenteeism of the employee increases and also it can cause serious and aggressive crimes (Bellafiore, 2007) .

The famous organizational consultants for mediation Reynolds and Kalish in 2002 conduct a survey for workplace conflicts and they come up with the fact that about 25% of the time spend in resolving the workplace conflicts by the managers. This results into low productivity for both the manager and the employees as well; this would ultimately result in declining the performance of the organization.

There are many reasons due to which conflicts arises in the work place. Conflicts may arise due to the limited resources of the organization and every department want maximum resources to show their quality and productivity. Common example for this conflict is when organization has limited funds and finance department avoid providing funds to the marketing department and allocate more funds to the purchasing department, so a conflict will arise between marketing and finance department on the allocation of funds. Conflicts may also arise due to the behavior of individuals in the ...