Dickey Staffing Solutions is a successful payroll and human resource service outsourcing business. They are tasked with workforce management, payroll processing, and human resource management. They have had various conflicts in the past. Organizational conflict can be described as a disagreement between employees regarding work-related issues (van Wanrooy, 2009). Consequently, these organizational conflicts may cause far-reaching adverse effects on the workers in your workplace.
The Conflict
Within Dickey Solution, one of the most common conflicts is between the staff, who are not ok with how tasks or roles are delegated and the management. The underlying problem is that managers are not able to outline their work goals and that …show more content…
It has spilled over to the clients who at times gotten wrong or irrelevant information from the officers. Subsequently, the managers failed to disseminate information on client engagement, and therefore the officers acting in utmost good faith are unsuccessful at that task. This task conflict can be resolved by the managers sensitizing the officers on the various client agreements before assigning officers any task with a client. The managers should be able to engage the officers in constant discussion. Whenever they delegate a responsibility, they should ensure constant communication and follow up with the officer's to make sure that operational procedures are put in place to assist where needed before dispatching to the clients. This conflict is consistent with process conflict which often deals with disagreements in a specific way and how a particular task should be executed (Aureli & Waal, 2000). Pre-negotiation broadly refers to discussions that precede formal negotiations. The two parties to participate in this discussion, held in the manager’s office, would be human resource manager and officers. As the HR Manager, formulating a procedural questionnaire to be completed by both parties is a necessity. For the best results, each question was discussed for clarity. During the negotiations, the managers had mixed reactions or negative attitudes towards the conflict because they felt superior and that their direction