GLOBAL ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

Global Organizational Behavior

Global Organizational Behavior

Article That Has Been Chosen

The title of the article is: “The Evolution of Conflict as a Behavior Process within Global Organizational Communication Management”. This article was written by Todaripa Elida.

Main Idea/Introduction

The purpose of the present article is to examine the prevailing conflict trend in the organizational processes and to discuss the conflict management system.

The central theme of the article is Conflict. Conflict is defined as a condition between or among workers whose jobs are interdependent, who feel angry, who perceive the other(s) as being at fault, and who act in ways that cause a business problem. Conflict not only causes business and organizational problems; conflict also involves emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. Therefore, practical solutions should not solely be born out of and comprised of traditional business practices, but should also consider and address the thoughts, emotions, and behaviors attendant to conflict. A multi-discipline approach provides for more holistic solutions to conflict management and resolution that are designed to improve organizational health and performance.

While it is true that one kind of conflict, perceivably, originates at work, and the other kind originates outside of work, the end result is still the same: both conflicts cause a business problem, which, in some way, somehow, has the potential to impact the health of the organization, its performance and, ultimately, the bottom line. Though, the results are the same, the two conflicts are distinguishable based upon where each conflict originated, but the distinctions presume that the workplace conflict is truly rooted in job interdependency between or among the apparent employees involved in the conflict. It is very possible, however, that even though any business problems can be traced to the interdependent relationship between or among employees, at least one employee may be involved in a non-workplace-related conflict that ...