Professional Studies

Managing and Resolving Conflict in the Workplace

DPS 15311 (7 hours)

Objective

  • To explore common sources of conflict and examine various strategies for managing it proactively

Outcomes

  • Understanding of underlying and manageable causes/sources of interpersonal disputes
  • Ability to choose appropriate responses to and strategies for addressing workplace conflict
  • Ability to dispel emotion, clarify perceptions, separate personalities from problems, listen effectively and solve problems collaboratively