EFFECT OF CONFLICT ON BUSINESS STRATEGY

Authors

  • Abdussalam, Funso Agbeyangi Department of Business and Management, Institute of Finance and Management Studies, Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin

Keywords:

Conflict, Consensus, Affective holding, Top Management Team Heterogeneity (TMTH), Business strategy

Abstract

Conflict is often described as unwanted, undesirable and malignant that must be avoided at work place. This position holds forth in numbers of researches conducted in top management echelon but with the advent of top management team heterogeneity, researchers were reviewing the situation. This research consists of 425 population from 5 different multinational corporations operating in Nigeria. A sample of 234 were selected from the population and questionnaires administered.  The result shows that conflict is not only part of an organization but equally open ways to unravel salient issues that may be hidden under unwholesome consensus. Given level of prevailing consensus, conflict and other leverage items among team members, there is need to continuously appraise the desired effect of conflict among team members. Presence of conflict often brings about effective business strategic.

 

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2023-10-03

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