Chapter 6 Flashcards

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  • DISAGREEMENT OF IDEAS/ BELIEFS
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conflict

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  • Psychological and behavioral reaction to a perception that another person is either keeping you from reaching a goal, taking away your right to behave in a particular way, or violating experiences of a relationship.
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conflict

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  • Behavior by a person/group intended to inhibit the attainment of goals by another person/group (Riggio).
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conflict

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t or f

CONFLICTING PARTIES HAVE COMPATIBLE GOALS.

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F - INCOMPATIBLE

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T OR F

Conflict will always result to negative outcomes.

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F

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TYPES OF conflict

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  1. Interpersonal Conflict
    examples: Friends, family members, classmates, etc.
  2. Individual-group Conflict
  3. Group-group Conflict
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Type of Conflict
examples: Friends, family members, classmates, etc.

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  1. Interpersonal Conflict
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Levels of conflict within organization

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  1. Intraindividual Conflict
  2. Interindividual Conflict
  3. Intragroup Conflict
  4. Intergroup Conflict
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  • incompatible goals associated with roles.
  • example: The university wants its teaching employees to publish instead of focusing in teaching.
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  1. Intraindividual Conflict
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  • conflict between two individuals.
  • examples: between employees, or between employee and customer.
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  1. Interindividual Conflict
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  • conflict between one person or fraction within a group and other group members.
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  1. Intragroup Conflict
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  • conflict between departments/ units.
  • example: conflict because of scarce resources such as budget and privileges.
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  1. Intergroup Conflict
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What are the causes/sources of conflicts?

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  1. Competition for Resources
  2. Task Interdependence
  3. Jurisdictional Ambiguity
  4. Communication Barriers
  5. Beliefs
  6. Personality
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  • Scare resources: money (budget), space, personnel equipment
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  1. Competition for Resources
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  • when the performance of some group members depends on the performance of other group members.
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  1. Task Interdependence
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  • when 2 groups which rely on each other have conflicting goals.
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  1. Task Interdependence
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  • The lines of authority are unclear.
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  1. Jurisdictional Ambiguity
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  • Supervisors could feel incompetent when another supervisors deal with his/her work.
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  1. Jurisdictional Ambiguity
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  • Physical, Cultural, and Psychological
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  1. Communication Barriers
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  • conflicts in belief systems of individuals or group
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  1. Beliefs
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  • incompatible personalities who must work together.
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  1. Personality
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WHO & YEAR

Characteristics of difficult people

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BRAMSON 1981

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Characteristics of difficult people

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  1. High Needs for Perfection
     Whiner - Constantly complains about the situation but never tries to change it.

 No person - Believes nothing will ever work thus disagrees with every suggestion.

 Nothing person - Responds to difficult situation by doing and saying nothing.

  1. High Need for Control
    * obsessed with completing a task and take great pride in getting a job done quickly.

 Tank - Get things done quickly by giving orders, being bushy, yelling, being aggressive.

 Sniper - Controls people by using sarcasm, embarrassment, humiliations.

 Know-it-all - Controls others by dominating conversations, not listening to the ideas of others.

  1. High need for Approval
    * obsessed with being liked.

 Yes person - agrees to do everything.

 Maybe person - Avoids conflict by never making a stand on any issues; delays making decisions, seldom offers opinions, and seldom commits to any course of action.

  1. High Needs for Attention
    * obsessed with being appreciated; behave in a manner that will get them noticed.

 Grenade - throws a tantrum, yells, swears, rants.

 Friendly Sniper - Gets attention by poking fun at others.

 Think-they-know-it-all - Exaggerates lies, gives unwanted advice to gain attention.

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UNDER WHAT CATERGORY OF DIFF PEOPLE AND WHAT IS IT

Constantly complains about the situation but never tries to change it.

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  1. High Needs for Perfection
     Whiner
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UNDER WHAT CATERGORY OF DIFF PEOPLE AND WHAT IS IT Believes nothing will ever work thus disagrees with every suggestion.
1. High Needs for Perfection  No person
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UNDER WHAT CATERGORY OF DIFF PEOPLE AND WHAT IS IT Responds to difficult situation by doing and saying nothing.
1. High Needs for Perfection  Nothing person
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* obsessed with completing a task and take great pride in getting a job done quickly.
2. High Need for Control
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UNDER WHAT CATERGORY OF DIFF PEOPLE AND WHAT IS IT Get things done quickly by giving orders, being bushy, yelling, being aggressive.
2. High Need for Control - Tank
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UNDER WHAT CATERGORY OF DIFF PEOPLE AND WHAT IS IT Controls people by using sarcasm, embarrassment, humiliations.
2. High Need for Control - Sniper
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UNDER WHAT CATERGORY OF DIFF PEOPLE AND WHAT IS IT Controls others by dominating conversations, not listening to the ideas of others.
2. High Need for Control - Know-it-all
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* obsessed with being liked.
3. High need for Approval
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UNDER WHAT CATERGORY OF DIFF PEOPLE AND WHAT IS IT agrees to do everything.
3. High need for Approval - Yes person
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UNDER WHAT CATERGORY OF DIFF PEOPLE AND WHAT IS IT Avoids conflict by never making a stand on any issues; delays making decisions, seldom offers opinions, and seldom commits to any course of action.
3. High need for Approval - Maybe person
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* obsessed with being appreciated; behave in a manner that will get them noticed.
4. High Needs for Attention
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UNDER WHAT CATERGORY OF DIFF PEOPLE AND WHAT IS IT throws a tantrum, yells, swears, rants.
4. High Needs for Attention -Grenade
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UNDER WHAT CATERGORY OF DIFF PEOPLE AND WHAT IS IT Gets attention by poking fun at others.
4. High Needs for Attention - Friendly sniper
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UNDER WHAT CATERGORY OF DIFF PEOPLE AND WHAT IS IT Exaggerates lies, gives unwanted advice to gain attention.
4. High Needs for Attention -Think-they-know-it-all
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Positive outcomes
1. Increasing Motivation and energy level of group members to improve performance. 2. Can stimulate Creativity and Innovation 3. Improves quality of Decisions 4. Member satisfaction and Commitment
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* absence of conflict makes members to become complacent and unmotivated.
1. Increasing Motivation and energy level of group members to improve performance.
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* conflict challenges old processes.
2. Can stimulate Creativity and Innovation
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* occurs when there are many opinions, each member tries hard to push their own idea.
3. Improves quality of Decisions
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* the fact that members are able to take part in decision making.
4. Member satisfaction and Commitment
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Negative outcomes
1. Reduction of group cohesiveness * too much conflict can erode cohesiveness. 2. Can hamper effective group performance when it retards communication. 3. Group goals becomes secondary to the infighting.
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WHO & YEAR Conflict management techniques
Thomas “1976”
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Conflict management techniques Thomas “1976”
1. Dominating 2. Accommodation 3. Compromise 4. Collaboration
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* Forcing * Persisting in the conflict until one party’s goals are achieved at the expense of the other. * Win-Lose Strategy
1. Dominating
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* giving in or acting in a self-sacrificing matter * usually done to save the relationship between the conflicting parties * Lose-Win strategy
2. Accommodation
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* each party must give up something * Lose-Lose strategy * Ex. Union management strategy
3. Compromise
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* parties try to cooperate and reach a mutually beneficial solution * Win-win situation * not always possible particularly when conflict is over scarce resources.
4. Collaboration
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Used when parties cannot resolve their conflict.
Third party intervention
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* a neutral 3rd party is asked to help both parties reach a mutually agreeable solution to the conflict. * Professional mediators
1. Mediation
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* a neutral 3rd party listens to both sides’ arguments and then makes decision.
* Arbitration
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* often the manager/ HR Officer can serve as the arbitrator.
* Arbitration
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* The decision can be BINDING or NONBINDING.
* Arbitration
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agreed to abide by the arbitrator’s decision.
* Binding-parties
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one or both sides can reject an unfavorable decision.
* Non-binding
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one or both sides can reject an unfavorable decision.
non binding
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* Or if conflicting parties are of equal power.
* Arbitration
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can be defined as the degree to which you feel overwhelmed or unable to cope as a result of pressures that are unmanageable.
STRESS
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an unpleasant psychological process that occurs in response to environmental pressures.
STRESS
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response can be appropriate, or even beneficial reaction.
STRESS
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Stress is a natural part of our daily life.
YES
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Potential sources of stress
Stressors
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relate to a person’s job. * They include the design of the job (its degrees of autonomy, task variety), working conditions, and the physical work layout.
 TASK DEMANDS
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• are pressures created by other employees. * Lack of social support from colleagues and poor interpersonal relationships can cause stress, especially among employees with a high social need.
 INTERPERSONAL DEMANDS
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relate to pressures placed on a person as a function of the particular role he or she plays in the organization.
 ROLE DEMANDS
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 ROLE DEMANDS
a. Role Conflicts b. Role Overload c. Role Ambiguity
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create expectations that may be hard to reconcile or satisfy.
a. Role Conflicts
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occurs when the employee is expected to do more than time permits.
b. Role Overload
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means role expectations are not clearly understood and the employee is not sure what to do.
c. Role Ambiguity
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Stress affects not only our minds, but also our body and actions.
Consequences
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* CONDITION WHEREIN STRESS IS TOO MUCH TO HANDLE ON OUR OWN.
 Chronic Stress
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affects the whole body and it can have several physical or psychological symptoms, which can make functioning on a daily basis more challenging.
 Chronic Stress
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Signs and symptoms of chronic stress
 Irritability, which can be extreme  Fatigue  Headaches  Difficulty concentrating, or an inability to do so  Rapid, disorganized thoughts  Difficulty sleeping  Digestive problems  Feeling helpless  A perceived loss of control  Low self-esteem  Nervousness  Frequent infections or illnesses
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