Business Conflict - A Myth Or Reality?

By Author: William King
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Often business organizations are run by mere humans actually working robotically and not withstanding the requirement of real humans made up of flesh, blood, and thinking ability. That lack of contribution to the optimism and prosperity can be attributable to many things. One of the major factors responsible for this unattractive interaction is the conflict prevailing in business organizations. There are many who think of conflict as a source of negativity, and they don't question the ways to do work? They keep on doing what they are suppose to do, without thinking that is it the way they want to do it? Well that might be taken easily by some, but mind you, serious entrepreneurs and senior management who think of their organizations as manifestations of creativity, do take it seriously. If you want to know why then read on, because it is important to know what fuels the passion and desire to work for an organization and the hardest challenge for the employers.

First and foremost thing is the fear of rejection and putting one's job on line for being so open about how a work is performed. Open communication is a cultural ...
... thing, and starts from the top. If open communication is not encouraged in an organization, then people would never have their say through because of the fears being settled in. Now someone might ask, what difference will it make to communicate or not what one feels while working in an organization. That makes all the difference in the world, for a second, just think of working in a jail. Where you know that you are there for a time being, you don't have any say, and your participation is highly discouraged. You will eventually start shutting your mind at work on regular basis and will eventually feel that you have to do with the things the way they are. That would result in negativity towards the organization, its culture and its working environment. Conflict then doesn't only mean the major things, but it starts from minor issues.

Open communication discourages conflicts, though one has to have the heart to encourage as well as reward the ones who are right. This culture will eventually make people share their ideas, make organizations a better place to work in and also a better organization to share views with. Just think about an organization where the employee comes in the morning with a lot of ideas to share with and get praise on, with another organization where an employee comes with low self esteem, cluttered mind and unsatisfied job with no creativity at hand. Though this might look to some as encouraging conflicts unnecessarily, ideas should be discussed in open and voted for to get the real thought on top. As businesses are made by people, so they should be flexible enough to include what the people think of their work and how can they be facilitated to further improve the business working environment.

William King is the director of Wholesale Pages: http://www.wholesalepages.co.uk , Marketing and Branding Directory: http://www.pmarketing.com and International Import & Export Business Directory: http://www.internationalbusinessdir.com/ . He has 18 years of experience in the marketing and trading industries and has been helping retailers, entrepreneurs and startups with their product sourcing, promotion, marketing and supply chain requirements.