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Kiran Thakur
Kiran Thakur
TOPIC-CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
ROLL NO.B37
1 EFFECTS OF CONFLICTS
1 CONCLUSION
1 BIBLIOGRAPHY
Executive summary:-
The term paper is about conflict management.Conflict management is solving or
sorting out conflicts in an organization.
Conflict management is important for the organization to solve issues so that all
the employees could come together and work efficiently and effectively for the
attainment of the common objective or goal of an organization.
The ways of solving conflicts, the different types of conflicts, the conflict
management styles and various other contents of conflict management would be
discussed further.
INTRODUCTION
Definition of Conflict:
Conflicts can be define as a process that begins when one party perceives that
another party has negatively affected or is about to negative affect, something
that the first party cares about. This definition is purposely broad. It describes
that point in any ongoing activity when an interaction ‘crosses over’ to
become interparty conflicts. It encompasses the wide range of conflicts that
people experience in organization incompatibility of goals, differences over
interpretation of facts , disagreement based on behavioural expectations and
the like.
Power - How people define and use power is an important influence on the
number and types of conflicts that occur. This also influences how conflict is
managed. Conflicts can arise when people try to make others change their
actions or to gain an unfair advantage.
Values - Values are beliefs or principles we consider to be very important.
Serious conflicts arise when people hold incompatible values or when values
are not clear. Conflicts also arise when one party refuses to accept the fact
that the other party holds something as a value rather than a preference.
Feelings and emotions - Many people let their feelings and emotions become a
major influence over how they deal with conflict. Conflicts can also occur
because people ignore their own or others' feelings and emotions. Other
conflicts occur when feelings and emotions differ over a particular issue.
Advantages of Conflict-
Conflict is not always negative. In fact, it can be healthy when effectively
managed. Healthy conflict can lead to.
Managing Conflict
There are five steps to managing conflict. These steps are:
3. Pre-negotiation
4. Negotiation
5. Post-negotiation
Step 1: Analyze the conflict.
The first step in managing conflict is to analyze the nature and type of
conflict. To do this, you'll find it helpful to ask questions.
Answers may come from your own experience, your partners or local media
coverage. You may want to actually interview some of the groups involved.
Additional information regarding analyzing conflicts can be found in the
Guide to Information and Resources.
Collaboration
Compromise
Competition
Accommodation
Avoidance
Collaboration - This results from a high concern for your group's own interests,
matched with a high concern for the interests of other partners. The outcome is
"win/win." This strategy is generally used when concerns for others are important.
It is also generally the best strategy when society's interest is at stake. This
approach helps build commitment and reduce bad feelings. The drawbacks are that
it takes time and energy. In addition, some partners may take advantage of the
others' trust and openness. Generally regarded as the best approach for managing
conflict, the objective of collaboration is to reach consensus.
Compromise - This strategy results from a high concern for your group's own
interests along with a moderate concern for the interests of other partners. The
outcome is "win some/lose some." This strategy is generally used to achieve
temporary solutions, to avoid destructive power struggles or when time pressures
exist. One drawback is that partners can lose sight of important values and long-
term objectives. This approach can also distract the partners from the merits of an
issue and create a cynical climate.
Competition - This strategy results from a high concern for your group's own
interests with less concern for others. The outcome is "win/lose." This strategy
includes most attempts at bargaining. It is generally used when basic rights are at
stake or to set a precedent. However, it can cause the conflict to escalate and losers
may try to retaliate.
Accommodation - These results from a low concern for your group's own
interests combined with a high concern for the interests of other partners. The
outcome is "lose/win." This strategy is generally used when the issue is more
important to others than to you. It is a "goodwill gesture." It is also appropriate
when you recognize that you are wrong. The drawbacks are that your own ideas
and concerns don't get attention. You may also lose credibility and future
influence.
Avoidance -These results from a low concern for your group's own interests
coupled with a low concern for the interests of others. The outcome is "lose/lose."
This strategy is generally used when the issue is trivial or other issues are more
pressing. It is also used when confrontation has a high potential for damage or
more information is needed. The drawbacks are that important decisions may be
made by default.
Step 3: Pre-negotiation.
To set the stage for effective negotiation, the groundwork must be laid. The
following should occur prior to negotiation.
Initiation - One partner raises the possibility of negotiation and begins the
process. If no one is willing to approach the others to encourage them to reach an
agreement, a trusted outsider could be brought in as a facilitator.
Ground rules and agenda - The groups must agree on ground rules for
communication, negotiation and decision making. They should agree on the
objectives of the negotiation process. An agenda of issues to be covered needs to
be developed.
Step 4: Negotiation.
Evaluation - Only after the partners have finished listing options, should the
options be discussed. Determine together which ideas are best for satisfying
various interests.
Commitment - Every partner must be confident that the others will carry out
their parts of the agreement. Discuss and agree upon methods to ensure partners
understand and honor their commitments.
To set the stage for effective negotiation, the groundwork must be laid. The
following should occur prior to negotiation.
Step 5: Post-negotiation.
Once negotiation is complete, the group will need to implement the decisions
made. Some key steps include:
Ratification - The partners must get support for the agreement from
organizations that have a role to play in the agreement. These organizations should
be partners and should have been involved in the previous steps. Each organization
will need to follow its own procedures to review and adopt the agreement.
Implementation - You and your partners' jobs are not done when you've
reached agreement. Communication and collaboration should continue as the
agreement is carried out. The partnership will need to have a plan to monitor
progress, document success, resolve problems, renegotiate terms and celebrate
success.
Negotiation skills.
Negotiation is an important skill for coming to an agreement when
Evaluation - Only after the partners have finished listing options, should the
options be discussed. Determine together which ideas are best for satisfying
various interests.
Commitment - Every partner must be confident that the others will carry out
their parts of the agreement. Discuss and agree upon methods to ensure partners
understand and honor their commitments.
Conflict Management Styles
A conflict management style is the pattern of behavior an individual develops in
response to conflict with others such as differences of opinion. Conflict
management styles tend to be consistent over time. Conflict management is
the skill needed to resolve different situations.
Advantage:
Disadvantage:
• May breed hostility and resentment toward the person using it.
Disadvantage: compromise may create less than ideal outcome and game
playing can result
Disadvantage:
For any organization to be effective and efficient in achieving its goals, the people
in the organization need to have a shared vision of what they are striving to
achieve, as well as clear objectives for each team / department and individual. You
also need ways of recognizing and resolving conflict amongst people, so that
conflict does not become so serious that co-operation is impossible. All members
of any organization need to have ways of keeping conflict to a minimum - and of
solving problems caused by conflict, before conflict becomes a major obstacle to
your work. This could happen to any organization, whether it is an NGO, a CBO, a
political party, a business or a government.
Stages of conflict
The handling of conflict requires awareness of its various developmental stages. If
leaders in the situation can identify the conflict issue and how far it has developed,
they can sometimes solve it before it becomes much more serious. Typical stages
include:
Similarly, leaders and members can identify latent conflict between groups of
people in the organization or the community and plan action before the conflict
becomes open and destructive:
Conflict Resolution
A CASE REVIEW:
INTRODUCTION OF RELIANCE
The name Reliance is synonymous with success, a story as unique as its founder
Dhirubhai H. Ambani, who built the Reliance Empire from an initial capital of just
$300. It is a story of dreams becoming reality, of vision igniting passion, and an
Indian enterprise transforming itself into a global conglomerate.
Today, Reliance Industries Limited, led by its Chairman and Managing Director
Mukesh D. Ambani is India's largest private sector company in all major financial
parameters with revenues of $16.7 billion, cash profit of $2.8 billion, net profit of
$1.7 billion, net worth of $9.2 billion and total assets of $18.4 billion. It covers the
entire energy value chain, starting with oil and gas and continuing on through
refining, petrochemicals, chemical intermediates and textiles.
Reliance is the first and only private sector company from India to feature in the
2005 Fortune Global 500 list of the 'World's largest Corporations' for the second
consecutive year.
The first major step towards a final resolution of the festering conflict between the
Ambani brothers Mukesh and Anil, who control the Rs 100,000 plus crore
Reliance Group, was taken on Saturday, with a Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL)
board panel being asked to work out the details of a “reorganisation of
Reliance’s businesses”.
This came after an RIL board meeting and a statement on Saturday morning by
Kokilaben D Ambani, the widow of Reliance Group’s founder, late Dhirubhai
Ambani, which said the family had arrived at an amicable settlement of all the
issues.
The statement added that Mukesh Ambani, the current chairman and managing
director of RIL would “have responsibility” for RIL and Indian Petrochemicals
Corporation Ltd (IPCL), while Anil Ambani would have responsibility for
Reliance Infocomm, Reliance Energy and Reliance Capital.
There are many reasons behind the conflicts between two brothers or reliance. one
of the main reason is to divide the whole empire between two brothers , both of
them wants to earn more profits individually that’s why they wants to divide
their business.
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There was no ambiguity in the agreed price, tenure and quantity of natural gas to
be supplied by Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) from the Krishna-Godavari fields,
counsel for Reliance Natural Resources Ltd (RNRL) told the Supreme Court
on Tuesday.
"The only issue in the case was the absence of a bankable agreement," RNRL
counsel Ram Jethmalani said, continuing with his arguments before the three-
judge bench of the Apex court on the high-profile gas dispute case Effects of
conflicts between reliance:
Indian economy will certainly have a negative impact on the global investment
inflow in India’s oil and gas sector. It took years to create India as a good
brand for investments in its oil and gas sector. The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai
Ambani Group has asked the oil ministry to appoint an expert panel to
revaluate the high capital expenses claimed by Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance
Industries for the Krishna-Godavari gas basin. Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh suggested the warring brothers that they should make serious effort to
reach a "middle ground" over the KG gas dispute. So this brand has now been
hit by the ongoing controversy between the two Ambani brothers.
EFFECTS OF CONFLICTS:
Conflict situations result in negative and positive effects. They may help diffuse
more serious conflicts, stimulate a search for new facts or resolution, increase
group cohesion and performance, and demonstrate the power or ability of the
conflicting parties. Conflicts could hinder smooth working or the decision
making process, or create competing coalitions or reduce productivity.
Effect of conflict management in an organization
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Negative effects:
Conflict in the workplace just seems to be a fact of life. We've all seen situations
where different people with different goals and needs have come into conflict.
And we've all seen the often-intense personal animosity that can result.
The fact that conflict exists, however, is not necessarily a bad thing: As long as it is
resolved effectively, it can lead to personal and professional growth.
In many cases, effective conflict resolution skills can make the difference between
positive and negative outcomes.
The good news is that by resolving conflict successfully, you can solve many of
the problems that it has brought to the surface, as well as getting benefits that
you might not at first expect:
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