Corporate Conflict and its Effects on Workers' Behavior (ePub)

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2012 in the subject Sociology - Individual, Groups, Society, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (college of arts and social sciences), course: sociology and social work, language: English, abstract: This study covers the nature of corporate conflict. That is, the forms of conflicts in companies and how they manifest, their intensity and escalation levels. As part of the aims of this study, it makes efforts to ascertain causes of organizational conflict in Blue Sky Products (GH) Ltd. Both individual and organizational related factors are considered. This notwithstanding, there is an effort to identify consequences of corporate discord on workers' behavior as well as to recommend appropriate strategies for managing organizational conflict.

The establishment and continuous existence of organizations through the realization of set goals and objectives requires the continuous and effective functioning of its material inputs with the human elements being indispensable. However, it is appalling to note that the human elements required to facilitate goals attainment often engage in disagreement and variance over factors such as interest, views, style of management among others. The reactionary effect is due to the perceived incompatibilities resulting typically from some form of interference or opposition. This can be referred to as conflict. Schramm-Nielsen (2002) defined conflict as a state of serious disagreement and argument about something perceived to be important by at least one of the parties involved.