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Organizational Conflict Navigation: Building A Comprehensive Conflict Management Course, Beth Polin
Organizational Conflict Navigation: Building A Comprehensive Conflict Management Course, Beth Polin
EKU Faculty and Staff Scholarship
Conflict situations are unfortunately a naturally occurring phenomenon in the workplace. Whether it is an employee not voicing concerns because of fear of retaliation, team members not trusting one another, or companies negotiating terms of an agreement, conflict situations are ubiquitous. Because no organization is immune to conflict, employees must enter the workplace equipped with the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) to appropriately navigate such situations. Companies recognize this need and call for graduates to possess this unique set of soft skills (e.g. Buhl, nd), as much efficiency can be lost when employees are focused on conflict and not its …