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Pfeffer's model of conflict and power struggle

Author: Sixten Bigner Af Klintberg



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(Power framework) The picture shows why there will always be conflict, in accordance with the power framework. Pfeffer's model has three strategies for managing conflicts: 1. Create a surplus of resources: Reduces scarcity leading to less conflicts , for example more profitable companies have less conflicts. The downside is that this is costly. 2. Create homogeneity and consensus on goals and means: Although people can never fully agree in the power framework, the can disagree more or less. A consensus of goals and means will reduce conflict, but at the expense of flexibility. 3. Reduce and downplay the significance of decisions: Difficult questions can be divided into smaller ones or avoided altogether, however upon realization this can lead to more conflict


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(Power framework)
The picture shows why there will always be conflict, in accordance with the power framework. Pfeffer's model has three strategies for managing conflicts:
1. Create a surplus of resources: Reduces scarcity leading to less conflicts , for example more profitable companies have less conflicts. The downside is that this is costly.
2. Create homogeneity and consensus on goals and means: Although people can never fully agree in the power framework, the can disagree more or less. A consensus of goals and means will reduce conflict, but at the expense of flexibility.
3. Reduce and downplay the significance of decisions: Difficult questions can be divided into smaller ones or avoided altogether, however upon realization this can lead to more conflict
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