CONFLICT MANAGEMENT

Conflict Management

Conflict Management

A best project team can guarantee the achievement of a project. While there isn't one right way to do it? there are some common things that we can look at. The objective of the techniques and methods mentioned below is to serve as an exploration point in your own way to create the best team around.

Build a broad-based team

If there is a possibility do a thorough check on team-to be members? choose only people that are known to get things done and are good team players. Know their strengths and weaknesses? get feedbacks from previous projects. (Kimble 2006)

Comprehensive team reviews

In ideal would be that all team members must be presented to freely express and evaluate their perceptions about other team members' work. It must be non-threatening and then we must see that where things are going good and where we require improvement. In reality this is very hard to achieve? because people tend not to express their thoughts about other team members? team needs to be socialized to achieve this.

Team decision making

Team members need to know how their thoughts and suggestions can influence the outcome of the project? for that they need to know which team decision technique is being used (consensus? majority rule? minority rule? averaging? expert? authority rule without discussion? authority rule with discussion). (Kimble 2006)

Team spirit and support

Team members should contribute to personal motivation and ambition. Usually people want more then they are willing to put in? so sharing it within the team will help to address these issues. Project manager must keep the "bad" statements to himself as long till it does not impact on the team member's capability to achieve the job successfully. Project manager should present full hold up to his team in the eyes of upper ...