Conflict in the Workplace 1
Conflict in the Workplace
Mary J. Scruggs
Dennis Stull, Instructor
MGT 302 Management and Leadership
March 16, 2005
Conflict in the Workplace 2
Conflict in the Workplace
Over the past year's Mr. Diamond we have had problems with disagreements and conflicts between our employees. I believe it is imperative that we work at helpful solutions and attempt to stop the conflicts, and limit them as much as possible. I will now present to you my proposal on what the conflicts are, and a solution to them.
First and foremost we must look at the reasons for the conflict. The goals between the individual and groups of individuals are at times not attainable. We have some people trying their best to make the goals set by the company in order to make X many dollars per month. Things are so bad on the floor that the employees are fighting among themselves trying to attain these at times unrealistic and at times impossible goals.
The second source of conflict is the different personal values we bring to work. We have a variety people working here, there are those that at the end of the day will go out for happy our, and there are those that once the leave here, they go home to their families, they are the one's that don't believe in gossiping, or conflict of any kind. We have some employees who feel like it's their job to come in on Monday morning and give a play by play of the activities over the weekend. I don't feel as well as others that your personal life should be an open book to me as well as others.
The third source of conflict is the fact the team leaders don't have any respect for the sub-ordinates and feel they call talk to and yeah at t ...