Managing conflict in organizations / M. Afzalur Rahim.

By:

Rahim, M. Afzalur [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York, NY : Routledge, 2023Edition: Fifth EditionDescription: xxii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781032258201

Subject(s):

Conflict management

DDC classification:

658.4053 23/eng/20221201

Summary: "Managing Conflict in Organizations introduces the origins, forms, benefits, and consequences of organizational conflict to students and practitioners and teaches how best to manage conflict to achieve productive outcomes. Conflict has benefits: it may lead to solutions to problems, creativity, and innovation. In contrast, little or no conflict in organizations may lead to stagnation, poor decisions, and ineffectiveness. This book is a vigorous analysis of the rational application of conflict theory in organizations for organizational behaviour students, as well as practitioners looking to practice constructive conflict management in their work. This second edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect the latest research in the field and explains the effect that research has on practice, with an expanded range of practical examples and cases"-- Provided by publisher.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	Clonmel Library Main Collection	658.4053 RAH (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		39002100612507

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Managing Conflict in Organizations introduces the origins, forms, benefits, and consequences of organizational conflict to students and practitioners and teaches how best to manage conflict to achieve productive outcomes. Conflict has benefits: it may lead to solutions to problems, creativity, and innovation. In contrast, little or no conflict in organizations may lead to stagnation, poor decisions, and ineffectiveness.

This book is a vigorous analysis of the rational application of conflict theory in organizations for organizational behavior students, as well as practitioners looking to practice constructive conflict management in their work. This fifth edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect the latest research in the field and explains the effect that research has on practice, with an expanded range of practical examples and cases.

It covers emergent topics such as:

Differentials in conflict management styles across generations Technology and its effect on conflict style changes Cross-cultural studies and diversity

This text is a valuable resource for students, instructors, and researchers in human resource management and organizational behavior, and a practical handbook for practitioners that manage (or manage upward) their colleagues.

Revised edition of the author's Managing conflict in organizations, c2011.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-305) and indexes.

"Managing Conflict in Organizations introduces the origins, forms, benefits, and consequences of organizational conflict to students and practitioners and teaches how best to manage conflict to achieve productive outcomes. Conflict has benefits: it may lead to solutions to problems, creativity, and innovation. In contrast, little or no conflict in organizations may lead to stagnation, poor decisions, and ineffectiveness. This book is a vigorous analysis of the rational application of conflict theory in organizations for organizational behaviour students, as well as practitioners looking to practice constructive conflict management in their work. This second edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect the latest research in the field and explains the effect that research has on practice, with an expanded range of practical examples and cases"-- Provided by publisher.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

M. Afzalur Rahim (Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh) is a University Distinguished Professor of Management, emeritus and Hays Watkins Research Fellow, Western Kentucky University.