“Functional Conflict vs Dysfunctional Conflict
“Functional Conflict vs Dysfunctional Conflict Functional conflict Conflict is constructive when it improves the quality of decisions, stimulates creativity, innovation and encourages interest and curiosity among group members. Conflict challenges the status quo that resulted in the creation of new ideas, promotes reassessment of group goals and activities, and increases the probability that the group will respond to change. It supports the goals of the group and improve performance.(3)
Additional Characteristics:
(i) Analytical thinking: Group members develop analytical thinking in identifying various alternatives by including some challenges such views, rules, policies, purpose and plans to justify these groups as they are or make other alterations that may be necessary.
(ii) Diffusing tension among the members of the group: conflict is necessary to express their feelings openly to reduce the tension among the members of the group and as a result it suppressed the tension. When members express themselves, they get some psychological satisfaction and that could leads to reduction of stress among the involved members.
(iii) Promote Competition: the effect resulted in increased competition among members of the group that could lead them to exert more efforts for better output. Some people are highly motivated by conflict and service competition.
(iv.) Promote group cohesiveness: Experts believe that conflict creates solidarity among the members, increases loyalty and cohesiveness among members of the groups than can help the management in achieving the organizational goals effectively. (v) Facing challenges: The abilities of individuals as well as groups can be tested during conflict. It creates challenges to be more creative and dynamic and when they became successful it leads them to a search for the alternatives to the present methods which results in organizational development.
(vi.) Organizational change: Sometimes conflict
Additional Characteristics:
(i) Analytical thinking: Group members develop analytical thinking in identifying various alternatives by including some challenges such views, rules, policies, purpose and plans to justify these groups as they are or make other alterations that may be necessary.
(ii) Diffusing tension among the members of the group: conflict is necessary to express their feelings openly to reduce the tension among the members of the group and as a result it suppressed the tension. When members express themselves, they get some psychological satisfaction and that could leads to reduction of stress among the involved members.
(iii) Promote Competition: the effect resulted in increased competition among members of the group that could lead them to exert more efforts for better output. Some people are highly motivated by conflict and service competition.
(iv.) Promote group cohesiveness: Experts believe that conflict creates solidarity among the members, increases loyalty and cohesiveness among members of the groups than can help the management in achieving the organizational goals effectively. (v) Facing challenges: The abilities of individuals as well as groups can be tested during conflict. It creates challenges to be more creative and dynamic and when they became successful it leads them to a search for the alternatives to the present methods which results in organizational development.
(vi.) Organizational change: Sometimes conflict