Conflict Resolution Assignment

Develop a 4-page plan to identify the causes of organizational conflict, explain how conflict affects an organization, and select a conflict resolution style to use. Explain conflict negotiation strategies and determine the likely outcomes.

You volunteer with an organization whose executive leadership has conflicted for almost a year in deep, fairly public ways, on a variety of topics. At first, the conflict seemed to center on the types of events the organization sponsored, but, recently, some members of the leadership team have been making accusations of bias based on race, culture, social status, and religion against other leadership members, including the director. The conflict is making it difficult for anyone to continue working with the organization.

The leadership team is composed of seven members. Six of the members, including the director, are women. There are two African-American members, including the only man on the team. There is one Hispanic member. The other four members, including the director, are Caucasian.

You have successfully handled small conflicts among the volunteers and staff in the past, and now they have asked you to step in and see if you can help resolve the conflict before it destroys the organization. Leadership has already agreed to bring you in to try and help the situation, but you know you need to have a solid plan for this undertaking.

Preparation

Use the Capella library and the Internet to research conflict negotiation strategies and conflict resolution styles. Find at least three resources to use in this assessment to support your plan.

Requirements

Include the following in your conflict resolution plan:

Identify the factors that may be responsible for causing the conflict.
Explain how the conflict is affecting the rest of the organization.
Describe the conflict resolution style you will use in this situation.
Explain the conflict negotiation strategies you will try.
Based on your chosen strategies, determine the likely outcome.
To facilitate the evaluation of your plan, format your plan according to APA guidelines.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Conflict Resolution
Factors That May Be Responsible for Causing the Conflict
Conflicts within an organization are inevitable and can be fueled by many factors. First, conflicts arise when people working in the same team have diverse ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds. That could be more evident when they differ in terms of gender and age. A difference in values, interests, and personalities among volunteers is another source of conflict. Volunteers including leadership team come from diverse backgrounds and have different beliefs that play an important role in shaping their behaviors (Mitchell, 2016). Therefore, when team members fail to embrace diversity of each other as well as understanding interests and personalities, conflict arises in the team. Another source of conflict is lack of accountability. There is always pointing fingers to each other if…