Beneficial Conflict

Beneficial Conflict
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Beneficial Conflict
In any human setting, conflicts are inevitable. No matter the relationship between the parties available, conflicts occur due to various factors. For my case, I have experienced conflict during my first semester in college. The conflict emerged because of disagreement over the noise issue in my room. My roommate was playing very loud music in the room, and this made me uncomfortable (Campbell, 2016). I respected him, and I did not want to tell him about that because I knew it would create tension between us. We had a good relationship, and I was not ready to spoil that. However, there reached a point where I could not take it anymore and therefore I decided to tell him. Fortunately, after telling him, we reached an understanding. We agreed that he should be listening to his music on a low volume or use headphones.
When the parties involved take the conflict positively and are all ready to find a solution, they stand a chance to benefit from the disagreement (Bradley et al., 2015). On that note, a conflict will foster various positive effects on organizational performance. When effectively handled conflict helps realize new ideas. It helps the parties involved to become creative and innovative. It gives a chance to verbalize and negotiate burning issues. The team involved critically discusses the issues involved a factor that helps prevent risks from occurring.
Additionally, conflicts help organizations to learn about behaviors trends.

Employees in the organization understand the factors which lead to risks or conflicts and formulate strategies to mitigate them in future. Conflicts promote communication skills as well as team working skills (Campbell, 2016). It helps employees who have engaged in the dispute to learn how to identify a problem and talk through them. As such, this helps set limits which are then used to govern the interaction between the parties in the human setting. The result is integrative organizational culture.
References
Bradley, B. H., Anderson, H. J., Baur, J. E., & Klotz, A. C. (2015). When conflict helps: Integrating evidence for beneficial conflict in groups and teams under three perspectives. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 19(4), 243.
Campbell, S., (July 28, 2016). The 10 Benefits of Conflict. Entrepreneur. Marketing strategies. Retrieved on April 10, 2018 from: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/279778.