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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785708103321

Autore

Raines Susan S

Titolo

Conflict management for managers [[electronic resource] ] : resolving workplace, client, and policy disputes / / Susan S. Raines

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, : Jossey-Bass, c2013

ISBN

1-283-91746-7

1-118-41842-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (498 p.)

Collana

The Jossey-Bass business & management series

Disciplina

658.4/053

Soggetti

Conflict management

Interpersonal relations

Personnel management - Psychological aspects

Customer relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Conflict management knowledge and skills -- Manager know thyself -- Theory to practice : the root causes and cures of conflict -- The power of negotiation : essential concepts and skills -- The alternative dispute resolution process continuum -- Preventing and resolving internal conflict -- Causes and cures for employee turnover -- Building successful teams and organizations -- Conflict management in unionized environments -- Designing disputing systems for organizations -- Preventing and resolving external conflicts -- Prevention and resolution of conflicts with clients, customers, and vendors -- Case studies of organizational success through exemplary customer conflict management -- Collaboration and conflict management between regulators and the regulated -- Public policy decision making and collaboration -- Designing and facilitating effective large-group processes.

Sommario/riassunto

Conflict Management for Managers takes a theory-to-practice approach, focusing on commons types of conflicts managers face.  Because of the hands-on nature of conflict management skills, it provides opportunities for interaction and skill practice. The text is divided into four sections. The first section is an overview of the ways



in which conflict management techniques and concepts can and should be applied to improve management and performance. Next, the book deals specifically with internal business disputes. The third section of the book focuses on the management of external dis