Essays on Workplace Conflict

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The performance and behavior of an employee are expected to contribute to the overall achievement of an organization’s goals and objectives. However, unsatisfactory behavior or performance from an employee must be corrected through appropriate actions (Hvidman & Andersen, 2013). Corrective action follows a progressive discipline process when the situation is as a consequence of inappropriate behavior or unsatisfactory performance yet the employee has the capacity to perform and conduct himself or herself at an acceptable level but chooses otherwise (Van den Brink, Fruytier & Thunnissen, 2013). The essence of this paper is to address employees’ conduct at the Acme Company ...

Having organizational problems within the company is important as it brings out the weaknesses and conflicts that happen in the background. Once the company notes these, it is its obligation to come up with several resolutions to curb them. A disadvantage of conflicts reflects on the company’s performance, such as losses in turnover and losses in major market shareholders to its competitors, among others. Besides, Investors can back out of a company since they cannot invest in a losing company, while the workforce starts quitting or if not so, the company resorts to laying off some of its employees, to ...

Workplace aggression and violence have become a serious problem for many organisations these days. Employees who see themselves as underpaid or unfairly treated may take such extreme steps. Speaking of United States, there are over one million incidents of workplace violence being reported daily. Such a serious issue not only affects the co-worker and the victim but also the customers. Sometimes, it can even tarnish the image of the company if that issue is reported in the media or newspaper. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, workplace violence in United States has declined over the last two decades. However, it ...

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The case of Julie and Susan occurs often in a work environment where a subordinate relationship and job description are not clearly defined. Misunderstanding between co-workers most often escalate into emotional confrontation inside and sometimes outside of the work premises. Behavioral issues are always the main factor why conflict between people happens and most workplace conflict occurs due to external influences. Individuals with personal problems are at higher risk of being easily irritated and they tend to show intolerant and aggressive behavior. On the other hand, the case also reflects the different attitudes of people towards work. Some people enjoy ...

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This is a case of colleagues holding the same job position in a multinational company. EUROi is an IT company that was formed as a result of a merger between a British firm, RoyaIPC, and a French firm, Internet du France (IDF). Margaret, who is 50 years old and her 35 year old colleague Georges are supposed to work together each representing their respective companies. Georges works as the marketing manager representing the French company while Margaret was sent from London to France to work in the same position for the British partner. Although both employees have exceptional leadership skills, they are not ready to ...

Conflict is an unavoidable part of the employment relationship. In the workplace, people from diverse backgrounds, values, opinions and expectations work together and since employees are under constant pressure to meet goals and targets, sometimes a small issue can evolve into a big conflict. Workplace conflicts if ignored can cost a company dearly because employees are nowadays more aware of their legal rights and hence if workplace conflicts are not managed effectively then employees might seek a resolution through formal means like litigation. In order to avoid litigation and adverse consequences deriving out of litigation, proper conflict resolution process should be in place ...