How To Manage Conflict? Managing Conflicts: Conflict management includes resolving dysfunctional conflicts and taking advantage of constructive conflicts. To manage conflict, it is necessary to identify the types of conflicts. Since conflicts may have both positive and negative impacts on organizational performance. Identification of sources, nature, and types of conflicts is essential. You should employ…
What is a Conflict? A conflict is a situation when there is a misunderstanding between two or more individuals either in terms of goals, attitudes, interests, needs, beliefs, roles, or other aspects. In organizational settings, such conflicts are known as organizational conflicts or workplace conflicts. Conflicts are common in organizations. Whenever two employees or a…
Types of Conflict Conflict is natural in organizations. Types of conflict are broadly classified into two bases – involvement and reasons for conflicts. As such, types of conflicts in the workplace can be presented below: Types of Conflict Based on Involvement Based on involvement i.e. who is involved in the conflict, the conflict can be…
Group Vs. Team Group and team are common in organizational settings. Every organization uses groups and teams to accomplish its objectives. Although in an organizational setting, a group and team are used synonymously they hold a great difference between them. A group is just an assembling of people based on their common interests, situation, and…
Characteristics of a Team A team is a group of people whose skills are reciprocal to each other in order to achieve a common objective. The following are the common characteristics/features of an effective team. Inspiring Goal and Unified Commitment The team contains a clear goal communicated to all members. Well-accepted goals inspire the members….
Types of Team Teams are groups of people who have a common objective to achieve. Depending on time, situation, and requirements there can be different types of teams in the organizations. However, the following five are the most common team types practiced in organizational settings. Problem-Solving Team As the name suggests itself, a problem-solving team…
What is a Team? A team is a group of people having complementary skills who work together to achieve a common goal. Teams are special forms of groups of people with special and complementary skills. All team members have a common goal, think of a football team – all members have the same goal i.e….
What is Group Development? Group development is the process of creating a fully functioning group in order to accomplish a common goal effectively and efficiently. It is a process that involves a series of steps to form a group. The main objective of group development is to develop a group that is able to perform…
Importance of Workgroup A workgroup is defined as two or more interacting and interdependent individuals who work together to accomplish common goals. The following are the importance of the workgroup in the organization. Collective Goal Setting In a workgroup, there is a system setting goals collectively. The group’s top management welcomes members to the planning,…