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Assessing Workplace Conflict Resolution Options
By Kirk Blackard - Conflict in the workplace is normal and healthy. A workplace devoid of tensions is ultimateky dull and stagnant, unlikely to foster creativity and growth. However, management's inability to resolve disputes effectively or prevent serious conflicts can be counterproductive. In this article, Kirk Blackard outlines various employment ADR options and their potential benefits its also presents a practical framework for assessing a company's capacity and ened for a dispute resolution system. The key to choosing a suitable system, he says is the ability to balance potential costs against potential benefits. (Added: 3-Feb-2006 Hits: 812 Rating: 0 Votes: 0)

Ten Tips to Encourage Meaningful Conflict: Fight for What's Right
By Susan M. Heathfield - Effectively managed conflict has many positive results for your organization. When people can disagree with each other and lobby for different ideas, your organization is healthier. Disagreements often result in a more thorough study of options and better decisions and direction. (Added: 3-Feb-2006 Hits: 294 Rating: 0 Votes: 0)

Are Difficult Workers Worth It? (California Job Journal)
By Michael Kinsman - There's probably a Terrell Owens-type in your office or workplace. And he or she might be eating away at company morale. (Added: 18-Jan-2006 Hits: 218 Rating: 0 Votes: 0)

Brave Leadership In Organizational Conflict
By Kenneth Bailey - Conflict within a nonprofit organization can be scary. At their best, nonprofits put into collective practice the personal passions and beliefs of their members. This may intensify a conflict or, conversely, cause it to be buried in the name of surface unity. Either way, intractable conflict can cause loss of funding or of leadership, or it may destabilize the system in any number of other ways. People within the organization know this and may react with fear, choosing sides or assigning blame. For the brave leaders of a nonprofit, what does it mean to handle conflict well? (Added: 15-Aug-2005 Hits: 267 Rating: 0 Votes: 0)

Measuring Conflict: Both The Hidden Costs and the Benefits of Conflict Management Interventions
By John Ford - Providing the executive team with quantitative and qualitative data (as opposed to anecdotes) about the costs of conflict will build the HR manager’s credibility as a business partner as there are significant hidden costs within employee conflicts, costs that an organization incurs long before a lawsuit is filed. (Added: 12-Aug-2005 Hits: 276 Rating: 0 Votes: 0)

Tame toxic office syndrome
By MATT WILLIAMS - Building a sales team is one thing; getting them to work together is another. Creating, and protecting, a good work environment is one of a real estate manager's most important tasks. Written for realtors but applicable in other businesses. (Added: 20-Jul-2005 Hits: 257 Rating: 0 Votes: 0)

Assessing Workplace Conflict Resolution Options