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Question: "As new strategies are implemented in any organisation, tension and conflicts are likely to arise ... such conflicts must be confronted, no matter how uncomfortable it may feel to operate in such a situation."
Discuss in relation to LIS organisations and examine the management strategies which attempt to confront the problem of conflict.
Answer: Conflict in organisations arises when people perceive things differently or want different things. Conflict is particularly likely to arise during change because it is at such times that established ways of working are challenged. Libraries and Information Services (LIS) are undergoing a period of considerable change in which tensions are unavoidable. Most arguments regarding change and conflict apply generally because they reflect the human factors common to most organisations. Therefore, illustrative examples from LIS are used within the context of the more general argument. A discussion of the nature and types of
organisational change is followed by an examination of how such disruption can generate resistance and conflict....(short extract)
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- Subject: Business and Management
- Course: Human Resource Management
- Level: Degree
- Year: 2nd/3rd
- Mark: 74%
- Words: 4428
- Date submitted: March 27, 2009
- Date written: Not available
- References: Yes
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 2325
