To resolve conflicts in project management, you can adopt a number of techniques like: active listening, not avoiding the problem, appointing a mediator, active collaboration, constructive criticism, pragmatic decision making, and so on.
Abstract
Projects require people who often do not know each other to come together and work together under the pressure of demanding project constraints.
As a result, conflict becomes unavoidable largely because team members come from diverse disciplines and have different expectations, goals, values, perceptions, personalities, and knowledge base.
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Analysis and Discussion
Conflicts are integral to projects as they are often associated with complexity, unknowns, and changing requirements.
Conflict and its influence on team performance and project success has changed over time.
Conflict is no longer perceived as something bad that always needs to be avoided or eliminated.
Conflict is inevitable, therefore, it should b.
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Conclusion
Conflict is inevitable, more so in projects because project teams are populated with team members from different disciplines and diverse backgrounds and perceptions.
In today's project work environment that is often managed with global workforce, conflict is exacerbated because projects are complex, with aggressive deadlines and budgets.
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How does conflict affect team performance & project success?
Conflict and its influence on team performance and project success has changed over time.
Conflict is no longer perceived as something bad that always needs to be avoided or eliminated.
Conflict is inevitable, therefore, it should be managed constructively so that teams can develop and progress over the lifetime of a project.
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Introduction
Driven by the need to integrate multiple disciplines and diverse skills to meet project objectives successfully, projects are executed in teams (Anantatmula, 2008).
Often, project teams consist of people who may not have worked together before.
Additionally, people assigned to a project join the team with varying expectations, goals, values, and kn.
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Literature Review
Conflict: From Dysfunctional to Necessary
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What causes conflict in a project?
You can sometimes see conflicts arise because of how work is allocated to team members.
For example, if a key team member becomes overbooked, you may need to negotiate for that person’s time to keep them on your project.
Interpersonal conflicts.
People argue, but interpersonal conflicts can have other causes as well.
More on that a little later.
