MAN 3240 SPC Functional and Dysfunctional Conflicts Discussion

When someone indicates that they are involved in a conflict, what do you think?  Do you think that they are dealing with a negative situation?  As your text explains, conflict can have both positive and negative influences on an organization.  This discussion forum highlights the goal of effective management:  Is it to eliminate conflict or embrace it? Is conflict good for an organization or dysfunctional? Watch this interesting  

https://www.ted.com/talks/margaret_heffernan_dare_…

  before you post to the discussion board.

For your first post, write a short paper as follows: Head each section of your paper to correspond to the numbers below:

Evaluate how stimulating conflict can be used to reap functional rewards for organizations. Use examples to support your reasoning.

Analyze how some conflicts are dysfunctional, and why it is management’s responsibility to keep conflict intensity in some situations low. Use examples to support your reasoning.

Respond to two of your classmate’s posts by commenting on an example that was given.