1. SEMINAR
ON CONFLICT
MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUE
BY: PIYUSH
SHARMA
2. MEANING OF CONFLICT
According to JOE KELLY, “CONFLICT is
defined as opposition or dispute between
persons, groups or ideas”.
3. Nature of Conflict
Conflict is natural occurrence in
everyday life, we should not
avoid conflict
• Conflicts are Natural
• Conflict is Multidimensional
• Conflict is Universal
• Conflict involves Disagreement
4. Types of Conflict
• Substantive Conflicts – disagreement over
goals,resources,rewards,policies,
procedures and job assignments.
• Emotional Conflicts – results from feelings
of anger, distrust, dislike ,fear as well as
relationship problem
5. Levels of Conflict
Conflicts can be at
• Intra-personal level (conflict within the
individual)
• Inter-personal level (individual to individual
conflict.
• Intra-group level.
• Inter-group level.
• Intra-organizational level.
• Inter-organizational level.
6. Main sources of conflict
• Misunderstandings
• Personality clashes
• Competition for resources
• Authority issues
• Lack of co-operation
• Differences of opinion
• Low performance
• Values or goal differences
19. 5 ways to manage conflict
• Avoidance
• Competition/Forcing (A)
• Accommodation (B)
• Compromise (C)
• Collaboration (D)
I wIn, you lose (competItIon—A)
I lose or gIve In (AccommodAte—B)
we Both get somethIng (compromIse—c)
we Both “wIn”(collABorAte—d)
A B c d