M. Afzalur Rahim, M. Afzalur Rabim

Managing Conflict in Organizations

Third Edition

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This revised and updated edition of Rahim's classic work on managing conflict in organizations presents new evidence that suggests, contrary to generally accepted views, that organizational conflict need not be minimized or avoided in all cases. Some conflicts are functional and others are dysfunctional. Substantive or task-related conflict is functional for nonroutine tasks, but affective conflicts are dysfunctional irrespective of the task conditions. Classifying conflicts as intrapersonal, interpersonal, intragroup, or intergroup, Rahim explains how to diagnose conflict, how to intervene effectively, and how to handle all the different types of conflict that typically arise in organizations. Rahim's systematic approach to conflict management identifies five styles of handling conflict (integrating, obliging, dominating, avoiding, and compromising). These styles may be used in the course of an intervention, a technique that enables managers to minimize affective conflict while attaining and maintaining a moderate amount of substantive conflict at the individual, group, and intergroup levels. Rahim's book will be of interest to scholars, students, and practitioners in management, organizational psychology, human resources management, and communication.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• 3. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 633g
• ISBN-13: 9781567202625
• ISBN-10: 1567202624
• Artikelnr.: 22485993

Autorenporträt

M. Afzalur Rahim

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction Nature of Conflict Measurement of Conflict
Organizational Learning and Effectiveness Conflict Management Design
Intrapersonal Conflict Interpersonal Conflict Intragroup Conflict
Intergroup Conflict Ethics and Morality Epilogue Appendix A: Cases Appendix
B: Exercises

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Foreword

Preface

1 Social Conflict Construct

Contributions from Various Disciplines

Organizational Conflict

2 Nature of Conflict

Defining Conflict

Threshold and Grey-Zone Conflicts

Conflict and Competition

Classifying Conflict

Styles of Handling Interpersonal Conflict

3 Organizational Learning and Effectiveness

Nature of Organizational Learning

Types of Learning

Nature of Organizational Effectiveness

Characteristics of the Old Paradigm

Problem Solving

Conflict Management in the New Paradigm

4 Conflict-Management Design

Nature of Conflict Management

Contingency Approach

Conflict Management Process

5 Intrapersonal Conflict

Types of Intrapersonal Conflict

Role

Role Conflict

Role Ambiguity

A Model of Role Conflict and Ambiguity

Consequences of Role Conflict

Managing Intrapersonal Conflict

6 Interpersonal Conflict

Prisoner's Dilemma

A Model of Conflict

Consequences of Interpersonal Conflict

Negotiation

Managing Interpersonal Conflict

Conflict- Management Styles in a Global Setting

7 Intragroup Conflict

Types of Groups

Effects of Intragroup Conflict

Managing Intragroup Conflict

8 Intergroup Conflict

Dynamics of Intergroup Conflict

Effects of Intergroup Conflict

Managing Intergroup Conflict

Intervention

9 Ethics and Morality

Ethics and Morality Defined

Behavioral Perspectives for Conflict Management

Ethical Evaluation of Conflict Management

Ethics and Leadership Structure

Four Methods of Discourse

General Appropriateness of the Methods

Practical Methods and Conflict Management Styles

Stages of Moral Development

Empirical Study on Stages and Styles

10 The Measurement of Conflict

Development of the ROCI- I

Development of the ROCI- II

Sample Items of the ROCI- I and ROCI- II

New Measurements Scales that are being Developed

11 Epilogue

A Design for Managing Conflict

Appendix A: Cases

Case 1: Allen Manufacturing Corporation

Case 2: New Employee at the Credit Union

Case 3: Minnis Service

Case 4: The Hormel Strike at Austin, Minnesota

Appendix B: Exercises

Exercise 1: Contract Building

Exercise 2: Technique of Role Analysis

Exercise 3: Job Design

Exercise 4: Transactional Analysis

Exercise 5: Managing Interpersonal Conflict

Exercise 6: Team Building

Exercise 7: Intergroup Problem Solving

Exercise 8: Organizational Mirroring

Exercise 9: Analysis of Task Interdependence



References



Author Index



Subject Index