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Conflict and Negotiation: Why Conflict Arises and
What to Do About It
Copyright © 2008 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.McGraw-Hill/IrwinOrganizational Behavior, Core Concepts
8Organizational Behavior
core concepts
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Learning Objectives
• Distinguish between functional and dysfunctional conflict, and identify desirable outcomes of conflict
• Define personality conflicts, and explain how they should be managed
• Discuss ways to manage intergroup conflict, including in-group thinking and cross-cultural conflict
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Learning Objectives
• Describe methods for promoting functional conflict and styles of handling conflict
• Identify and describe techniques for alternative dispute resolution
• Summarize basic approaches to negotiation, giving applications
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A Modern View of Conflict
• Conflict– one party perceives
its interests are being opposed or set back by another party
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Functional versus Dysfunctional Conflict• Functional conflict
– serves organization’s interests.
• Dysfunctional conflict – threatens organization’s interests.
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Antecedents of Conflict
• Incompatible personalities or value systems.
• Overlapping or unclear job boundaries.
• Competition for limited resources.
• Interdepartment/intergroup competition.
• Inadequate communication.
• Interdependent tasks.
• Organizational complexity
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Antecedents of Conflict
• Unreasonable or unclear policies, standards, or rules.
• Unreasonable deadlines or extreme time pressure.
• Collective decision making
• Decision making by consensus.
• Unmet expectations.
• Unresolved or suppressed conflict.
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Why People Avoid Conflict
• Harm• Rejection• Loss of relationship• Anger• Being seen as selfish• Saying the wrong
thing
• Failing• Hurting someone
else• Getting what you
want• Intimacy
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The Conflict Iceberg
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Desired Outcomes of Conflict
1. Agreement
2. Stronger relationships
3. Learning
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Major Forms of Conflict
• Personality conflict
• Intergroup conflict
• Cross-cultural conflict
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Major Forms of Conflict
• Personality conflict – interpersonal opposition driven by personal
dislike or disagreement.
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How to Deal With Personality Conflicts
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Intergroup Conflict
• Intergroup conflict – conflict among work groups, teams, and
departments
• Too much cohesiveness can breed groupthink because a desire to get along pushes aside critical thinking
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Handling Intergroup Conflict
• Contact hypothesis – the more the members of different groups
interact, the less intergroup conflict they will experience
• Managers should identify and root out specific negative linkages between groups
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Handling Intergroup Conflict
Group members are likelier to perceive intergroup heroes when:
1. Conflict within the group is high
2. Negative interactions occur between groups or members of groups
3. Influential third parties engage in negative gossip about the other group
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How to BuildCross-Cultural Relationships• Be a good listener • Be sensitive to the needs of other • Be cooperative, rather than overly competitive • Advocate inclusive (participative) leadership • Compromise rather than dominate • Build rapport through conversations • Be compassionate and understanding • Avoid conflict by emphasizing harmony
• Nurture others (develop and mentor)
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Programming Functional Conflict
• Programmed Conflict – encourages different opinions without
protecting management’s personal feelings.
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Programming Functional Conflict
• Devil’s advocacy – assigning someone the role of critic.
• Dialectic method – fostering a debate of opposing viewpoints to
better understand an issue.
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Five Conflict Handling Styles
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Question?
Which style for handling conflict relies on formal authority to force compliance?
A. Integrating
B. Obliging
C. Dominating
D. Avoiding
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Alternative Styles for Handling Dysfunctional Conflict
• Integrating – interested parties confront the issue and
cooperatively identify the problem, generate and weigh alternative solutions, and select a solution
• Appropriate for complex issues plagued by misunderstanding
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Alternative Styles for Handling Dysfunctional Conflict
• Obliging (Smoothing) – involves playing down differences while
emphasizing commonalities
• Appropriate when it is possible to get something in return
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Alternative Styles for Handling Dysfunctional Conflict
• Dominating (Forcing) – relies on formal authority to force
compliance
• Appropriate when an unpopular solution must be implemented
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Alternative Styles for Handling Dysfunctional Conflict
• Avoiding – involves either passive withdrawal from the
problem or active suppression of the issue
• Appropriate for trivial issues
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Conflict Monitoring
• Read an article on Conflict monitoring
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Alternative Styles for Handling Dysfunctional Conflict
• Compromising – give-and-take approach involves moderate
concern for both self and others
• Appropriate when parties have opposite goals
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Question?
What is the process of avoiding costly lawsuits by resolving conflicts informally or through arbitration?
A. Distributive negotiation
B. Integrative negotiation
C. Alternative Dispute Resolution
D. Added-Value Negotiation
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Third Party Interventions: Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Alternative Dispute Resolution– avoiding costly lawsuits by resolving
conflicts informally or through mediation or arbitration
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Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Facilitation
• Conciliation
• Peer review
• Ombudsman
• Mediation
• Arbitration
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Negotiation
• Negotiation– give-and-take process between conflicting
independent parties.
• Two types:– Distributive– Integrative
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Added-Value Negotiation
• Added-Value Negotiation– cooperatively developing multiple-deal
packages while building a long-term relationship
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Added-Value Negotiation
• Clarify interests
• Identify options
• Design alternative deal packages
• Select a deal
• Perfect the deal
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How To Negotiate Your Pay and Benefits1. Know the going rate
2. Don’t fudge your past compensation
3. Present cold, hard proof of your value
4. Let the other party name a figure first
5. Don’t nickel-and-dime
6. Avoid extravagant extras
7. Seek incentives and practical perks