Conflict In Teams And Groups: Understanding Conflict In Teams And Groups

Managing Team Conflict More Effectively
By Global Knowledge - An excellent article in adobe acrobat (pdf) that helps you deal more effectively with conflict in groups and manage team conflict more effectively. ^pop (Added: 21-Jun-2007 Hits: 5517 )

Cross Cultural Conflict Resolution in Teams
By John Ford - The use of teams represents an important change in the way we work. The theory is that through the interdependency of the parts greater productivity is achieved by the whole. Experience has been less kind. One reason that teams fail to meet performance expectations is their paralysis through unresolved conflict. This article focuses on the impact of culture on the prevention and resolution of conflict in teams. (Added: 12-Aug-2005 Hits: 2338 )

Different Roles In Teams, and Conflict
By na - Apart from trying to maintain an assertive team interaction style there are a number of skills that good team work depends upon. These can be divided up into skills that focus on completing the team's task and skills that focus on maintaining the team. Both kinds of skill are important. (Added: 7-Aug-2005 Hits: 2893 )

Building Blocks for Teams - If we don't get along
By na - Brief summary article written for students but applicable to any work teams. Contains the following topics: Conflict Happens Clarify Expectations Types of Conflicts Identify Team Needs Depersonalize Conflict Structuring Discussion Key Questions (Added: 7-Aug-2005 Hits: 1469 )

How to Complain About A Colleague
By Ian Harrison - When you have done all you can to avoid a co-worker with whom you have a beef, and when you have done your all to concentrate on the quality of your job performance to no avail, it is time to address the matter firsthand. (Added: 24-May-2005 Hits: 1004 )

Constructive Management of Conflict in Groups
By Rex C. Mitchell, Ph.D. - Presents conflict management concepts and strategies for those working in group settings. Includes a brief conceptual basis for understanding conflict and group members' behavior when in conflict. Also specific recommendations for managing and making use of conflict in groups. (Added: 12-Jul-2004 Hits: 2692 )

Overcome dependency conflicts to improve project workflow
By Shannon Kelvar - Written for the IT industry, contains help and insights about a specific form of team conflict -- that which comes from the fact that many work tasks require team members to work in dependent and inter-dependent ways. (Added: 6-Jul-2004 Hits: 663 )

Monster: Overcome Team Conflict
By Cheri Swales - Learn about conflict management and resolutions within a team and group context. Includes summary of team life cycles and states. (Added: 6-Jul-2004 Hits: 1224 )

Using Conflict to Your Advantage
By Teri Tompkins - Focuses on the positive benefits that can result from conflict within groups. Presents a model for Conflict in Four Stages of Organizational Learning (Added: 6-Jul-2004 Hits: 1149 )

Resolving Conflict in Work Teams
By NA - Outstanding article full of hints, tips and ideas about how to deal with conflict constructively within a team environment. Includes conflict resolution methods, listening for meaning, and handling of negative conflict. (Added: 6-Jul-2004 Hits: 5176 )

Constructive Management of Conflict in Groups
By Rex C. Mitchell, Ph.D. - Conflict is inevitable in groups, and its management (and mismanagement) has strong effects on group dynamics. Therefore, it is critically important for specialists in group work to understand conflict and how to manage it constructively. This article provides a concise overview of important conflict management concepts and strategies for those working in group settings. Presented first is a brief conceptual basis for understanding conflict and group members' behavior when in conflict, followed by specific recommendations for managing and making use of conflict in groups. (Added: 18-Nov-2003 Hits: 825 )

Managing Work Team Conflict: Assessment & Preventative Strategies
By Debbi Wagner-Johnson - Conflict cannot be avoided since it is an inevitable aspect of work teams. This paper will discuss the two types of conflict (i.e., affect and task), describe the benefits and detriments of conflict, and present the causes of conflict. Strategies will also be presented to prevent and to effectively manage conflict. Moreover, a conflict checklist (i.e., Teams and Conflict Checklist or TACC) will be presented as a tool to help teams identify the perceived presence of conflict. Although conflict is an inevitable aspect of team development, conflict can provide the basis for constructive and beneficial outcomes by identifying and managing conflict effectively. (Added: 13-Oct-2003 Hits: 1232 )

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