Conflict or disagreement can occur anywhere, in any situation, where more than one individual gets together for any reason. Conflict is something that occurs in the workplace every day, and for any reason whatsoever, where employees from diverse backgrounds and with different values and opinions are brought together for the purpose of working for an organization. The manager or the leader or the human resource professional, who is responsible for handling the conflict, and making sure that it does not get out of hand, thereby resulting in a loss of motivation for the workers. The manager must be an individual who has learnt the basic set of skills needed to manage the conflict in the workplace, and also to convert it into some sort of meaningful conflict, so that there is no loss of productivity, and so that the workers are all happy and satisfied with their working atmosphere.
             Conflict is but a natural part of any team or in any relationship in which there is more than one single person involved. Conflict can exist anywhere, in any situation, and the manner in which it is handled would determine the fact of whether the conflict is a healthy one, or a completely unhealthy one. It must be remembered that if conflict arising, for example, in the workplace, were to be handled in a constructive manner, then quite naturally, it would promote growth as well as problem solving. If there were to be resistance on the part of the employees of a workplace, as there is bound to be, because of the several differences in ethnicity, background, gender, personality styles, the training of the worker, his values, and his priorities in life, and conflicts were to arise between the team members because of these differences, the management must be fully equipped to handle such conflict. (Handling conflict in the workplace constructively)
             If the management were, for example, blend together all these differences, and create a constructive whole, th...