Conflict in organizations is not bad. Discuss. Organizational conflict is a state of discord caused by an actual or perceived opposition of needs‚ values and interests between people working together. Conflict takes many forms in organizations. There is the inevitable clash between formal authority and power and those individuals and groups affected. There are disputes over how revenues should be divided‚ how the work should be done and how long and hard people should work (team and
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be created and maintained with in organizations. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impacts of diversity onto an organization in addition to explaining the legally mandated and stakeholder driven explanations for mandatory diversity. Diversity’s Impact on Organizations Diversity within an organization is a blending of people from various cultural‚ religious and ethnic backgrounds. Diversity has challenged organizations to set realistic goals for its leaders
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WHAT IS PRODUCTIVITY? Productivity is about the effective and efficient use of all resources. Resources include time‚ people‚ knowledge‚ information‚ finance‚ equipment‚ space‚ energy‚ materials. IMPORTANCE For the country: Productivity enables the government to do more for the people and the economy: Ugrading the infrastructure Cleaning up the environment Providing more and better social services Providing better care for the poor‚ disabled and others. For organisations: Creating
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Positive and Negative Outcomes of Conflict Most people tend to think that conflict is a bad thing‚ however‚ if it is managed properly positive outcomes can be produced. It can be positive when it encourages creativity‚ new looks at old conditions‚ the clarification of points of view‚ and the development of human capabilities to handle interpersonal differences. Conflict can be negative when it creates resistance to change‚ establishes chaos in organizations or interpersonal relations‚ fosters distrust
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its pivotal role in providing a link between improved performances and enhanced productivity. To achieve its goal and objectives‚ an organization needs among other things‚ a fully motivated workforce. A work force that perceives the organization as a medium through which personal goals could be achieved and the same time achieving the organizational goals. To feel motivated‚ employee sources of satisfaction should be commensurate with organizations offers and demands. A lot of factors have been advanced
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the traditional literature focused on “how variations in organizational communication were affected by variations in the size‚ structure‚ and types of organization and how different
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What is Productivity? “A measure of the efficiency of a person‚ machine‚ factory‚ system‚ etc.‚ in converting inputs into useful outputs.” How to increase business productivity? Management can take following steps to increase business productivity. Reduce cost of production: By reducing cost of production we can increase productivity of our business. We can sell our goods at low price that will increase our sales that leads to high profitability. Increase production: Increase production will
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and importance in not only avoiding conflict in the healthcare workplace but also effectively resolving conflict as well. Based on the Illinois State Medical Society‚ ongoing hospital conflict can cost an organization or hospital over millions of dollars each year whether it is in new training costs for new personnel or simply lost productivity (All Medical Personnel). According to the Illinois Medical Society "to replace an employee dismissed in a conflict can cost up to 160% of his or her salary
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Productivity is a measure of the efficiency of production. Productivity is a ratio of what is produced to what is required to produce it. Usually this ratio is in the form of an average‚ expressing the total output divided by the total input. Productivity is a measure of output from a production process‚ per unit of input. At the national level‚ productivity growth raises living standards because more real income improves people’s ability to purchase goods and services‚ enjoy leisure‚ improve housing
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Introduction The business organizations have been using flexible work arrangements for many years now‚ one of the reasons advocate their usage is that flexible work arrangements help the employees to better balance between their work and life needs (Almer‚ Cohen‚ & Single‚ 2003) . Also organizations that provide flexible work arrangements are more attractive to applicants and better in retaining its employees than other organizations that not offer such arrangements (Rau & Hyland‚ 2002; Bevan‚ Dench
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