Negotiation- Conflict Resolution Strategy

Negotiation Name Institutional Affiliation Negotiation A conflict can be defined as a disagreement where two or more parties see a threat to their needs, interests, or concerns. Conflicts can be divided into dysfunctional or constructive conflict. In a dysfunctional conflict, the focus is placed on the emotions and differences between the conflicting parties. The need for two parties to maximize gains leads to a positive conflict known as constructive or functional conflict. Conflicts are caused by various factors such as disagreement on tasks, disagreement on how to achieve tasks, conflict of interest, value conflicts, information conflict, task interdependence, as well as structural conflict. Since conflicts negatively affect productivity, strategies ...