Conflict as an organizations element of adjustment

Ganiyu Rasaq Omokeji; Felix Olalekan Taiwo

doi:10.31686/ijier.vol2.iss6.196

Authors

Ganiyu Rasaq Omokeji

Fountain University, Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria
Felix Olalekan Taiwo

Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol2.iss6.196

Abstract

Many organizations today are engrossed with many problems amounted from human interaction, interrelationship and interdependence among its members. The nature and environment of work largely determine the intensity and extensiveness of the interaction, interrelationship and interdependence of each person or group of persons within each of the organization. Conflict, is an important concept in adjustment because it makes threat or frustration inevitable precisely the action designed to satisfy one goal necessarily threaten or frustrate the other. Conflict may be problematic to the success of an organization but it could also be instrumental to, evoking a new culture that will be more enduring, give opportunity for cooperation, resource discovery, conducive working environment, and attainment of the corporate goals of the organization (Ayodele, 2002). There is no completely satisfactory solution to conflict as long as the individual remains committed to both goals. Since conflict is a universal problem, how it is handled is of the utmost importance. This study attempts to examine the dimension of conflict resolution in the contemporary world of work.

Author Biographies

Ganiyu Rasaq Omokeji, Fountain University, Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria

Department of Sociology and Psychology
Felix Olalekan Taiwo, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria

Department of Business Administration and Management

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