LG, the Managing Director of NWP Company, recently announced to the workforce that the Board had agreed to the establishment of a set of new working practices which should lead to improved productivity. The new working practices will mean the introduction of weekend working and the rotation of shifts for all workers.

Discuss the different strategies that LG could use to manage the conflict occurring in NWP Company.

There are a number of dissimilar ways LG could handle the vertical conflict in NWP Company which is occurring as a result of the announcement to introduce latest working practices. For instance, he could make use of the five conflict handling strategies identified by Thomas which are based on two conflict management dimensions:

    the degree of assertiveness in pursuit of one's interests, and
    the level of cooperation in attempting to satisfy others' interests.