Collaborative Practices in Organizations: Managing Conflict and Leading Constructive Change
Book Title
De Gruyter Handbook of Organizational Conflict Management
Document Type
Book Chapter
ISBN
9783110746365
Publication Date
9-2022
Editors
LaVena Wilkin, Yashwant Pathak
Keywords
Collaboration, Collaborative Practices, Organizational Conflict, Workplace Conflict, Stakeholder Engagement, Power, Leadership
Description
As our society becomes more diverse and issues become increasingly complex, organizations are challenged to transcend boundaries and inspire team members to understand and navigate diverse practices, perspectives, and interests. Conflict is inevitable in organizations, and collaboration is one pathway for managing conflict and engaging stakeholders in jointly resolving a problem or producing a desired outcome. Collaborators have high concern for both personal goals and relationships. Because collaboration requires a commitment to finding mutually agreeable solutions, this also communicates mutual respect, which can strengthen relationships and support team-building. In addition, collaboration fosters creative idea generation, with the potential to bring about unanticipated positive outcomes. Multiple forms of power can be leveraged to create positive results for the organization and its stakeholders, and this chapter discusses five forms of power as well as the importance of engaging informal and formal leaders to utilize their unique power to tackle complex issues and create sustainable outcomes together. An example of how collaboration has been used to promote positive health outcomes by promoting collaboration between multiple stakeholders is discussed.
DOI
10.1515/9783110746365-009
Publisher
De Gruyter
First Page
123
Last Page
132
Disciplines
Business | Peace and Conflict Studies | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration | Social and Behavioral Sciences
NSUWorks Citation
Cooper, Robin and Terry Morrow Nelson. (2022). Collaborative Practices in Organizations: Managing Conflict and Leading Constructive Change. In LaVena Wilkin, Yashwant Pathak (Eds.), De Gruyter Handbook of Organizational Conflict Management .
Additional Information
Section 2: Organizational Conflict Management
Chapter 9