University of Southern California Organizational Communication Discussion

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onearf0315

Business Finance

University of Southern California

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I need two separate responses to student 1 and student 2s discussion posts. I attached both of the posts and the original assignment. They only need to be 1 to 2 paragraph response each. This post should provide constructive commentary, beyond “I agree”, “Good post”, etc. Simply rephrasing another student's post is not acceptable. Dont dog on the student either.

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Conflict is defined as the interaction of interdependence people who perceive opposition of goals, aims, and values and who see the other party as potentially interfering with the realization of these goals (Miller 159). I would not want my business or organization to go without conflict. If I had to choose, I would prefer no extreme conflict, but I do feel like with any type of business, conflict is needed. Everyone will not always agree, and other opinions are what make a company unique. People come from everywhere and have many different experiences and backgrounds, so you never know what good they could bring to the business. Conflict is not drama. I have learned over the years that the word conflict scares most because they assume it to me that there will be or is drama. Just because I disagree with a decision that you made on a project does not make me hate you. As an individual being apart of the project gives me the opportunity to input ideas and opinions, without downing anyone else’s input. Miller, Katherine, and Joshua Barbour. Organizational Communication: Approaches and Processes. Cengage Limited, 2020. Etext. When I first started thinking about this question, I wanted to say yes. I thought it would be much easier to have an organization that is free of conflict so that’s what I would want. While that might be true, it’s not that easy. There are definitely types of conflict that aren’t productive in a work environment such as interpersonal conflict (Miller 159). This type of conflict can lead to hurt feelings, negativity, and counter-productivity. There’s really no benefit that can come from interpersonal conflict. However, there could be some benefits to other types of conflict such as intergroup or interorganizational. Intergroup conflict is when groups of people such as divisions or departments within an organization have conflict and interorganizational conflict is when different organizations have conflict with each other (Miller 159). While both of these types of conflicts can have negative impacts, there is also a chance for some positive ones. If different groups or organizations can come together to discuss their differences, a lot of time it can result in both parties coming up with a solution that they both feel good about. It may even be a solution that is better for the organization than what was previously being done. Based on what you’ve read in Chapter 9, would you want to have an organization that is free of conflict? Why or why not?
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Reply to Matthew: Conflict in the Workplace
I concur with the observation that every manager would desire to have a conflict-free
work environment. But such a scenario is utopian. As long humans inter-relate, conflicts are
bound to occur. It is true that interpersonal conflicts add no value to an organization and should
be discouraged as much as possible. I would like to make...


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