Approaches to Conflict in Workplace

Approaches to Conflict in Workplace by EMPLOYEES

Approach What it is Why is it done Outcome

Negotiating salaries Preventing conflict Conclusion

and working situations from regarding the terms
Collective bargaining conditions (such as growing and and circumstances
work hours) between becoming of employment
employers with unmanageable
employees

Every employee Interrupt production Reduces labour

follows exactly the and lower productivity and the
organisation's rules, productivity as company’s
regulations, and employees perform competitiveness
Work-to-rule policies at the minimal or
lowest standard
allowed by their
employment
contracts

Refusal by To address demands People not coming

employees to work or issues to to work, employers
Strike action putting pressure on employers have all the pressure
employers and feel guilty

Approaches to Conflict in Workplace by EMPLOYERS

Approach What it is Why is it done Outcome

Collective bargaining Negotiating salaries Preventing conflict Conclusion

and working situations from regarding the terms
conditions (such as growing and and circumstances
work hours) between becoming of employment
employers with unmanageable
employees

Threats of When a company In order to control Employer

redundancies reduces its workers workplace unrest representatives can
because specific job put pressure on
roles are no longer employees or
necessary threaten them with
unemployment

Changes of Review of In order to control Changing some

contracts employment hours, workplace unrest workers from
pay structures, fringe full-time to part-time
benefits and different employment with
terms and conditions reduced hours may
of employment
 limit employment
perks

Closure When employers Used as a last resort Encourage

shut the business when dealing with employees back to
indefinitely in industrial disputes, work, rather than risk
response to extreme because closure losing pay or even
industrial action of its creates hostility their job
employee between employers
and employees

Lock-outs When employers Prevent employees Divide the

shut out their from entering the employees as no
employees workplace work means no pay