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  • January 2004 (Revised March 2005)
  • Background Note

Managing Client Conflicts

By: Ashish Nanda
This case describes the two types of client conflict--conflict of duty and conflict of service--that professionals manage. It delineates how the management of these conflicts affects the scale and scope of service that professionals provide. View Details
Keywords: Conflict Management; Service Industry
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Nanda, Ashish. "Managing Client Conflicts." Harvard Business School Background Note 904-059, January 2004. (Revised March 2005.)
  • October 1978 (Revised November 1985)
  • Background Note

Managing Interpersonal Conflict

Discusses the nature and dynamics of interpersonal conflict and suggests how to diagnose and manage a conflict situation. The perspective employed is that of an interested third party who wishes to intervene in the conflict to resolve or control it. Focuses on how to... View Details
Keywords: Conflict Management
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Barnes, Louis B., and James P. Ware. "Managing Interpersonal Conflict." Harvard Business School Background Note 479-004, October 1978. (Revised November 1985.)
  • 2011
  • Chapter

Managing Conflict

By: Lakshmi Iyer
Keywords: Conflict Management
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Iyer, Lakshmi. "Managing Conflict." In Reshaping Tomorrow: Is South Asia Ready for the Big Leap? edited by Ejaz Ghani. Oxford University Press, 2011.
  • 1994
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Conflict Management and Negotiation

By: J. Polzer and M. Neale
Keywords: Conflict Management; Negotiation
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Polzer, J., and M. Neale. "Conflict Management and Negotiation." In Health Care Management: Organization Design and Behavior, edited by S. Shortell and A. Kaluzny. Albany, NY: Delmar Publishers, 1994.
  • April 2022 (Revised August 2022)
  • Case

Conflicts of Interest at Uptown Bank

By: Jonas Heese
In 2013, two employees debated whether to blow the whistle on their employer, Bell Bank, after completing an internal review that revealed undisclosed conflicts of interest. Bell Bank’s Asset Management business disproportionately invested clients’ money in Bell Bank’s... View Details
Keywords: Whistleblower; Whistleblowing; Mutual Funds; Conflicts Of Interest; Decision Making; Decisions; Judgments; Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Finance; Financial Institutions; Banks and Banking; Financial Management; Investment; Investment Funds; Governance; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Disclosure; Corporate Governance; Governance Compliance; Governance Controls; Policy; Law; Legal Liability; Social Psychology; Motivation and Incentives; Perception; Perspective; Trust; Financial Services Industry; North and Central America; United States
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Heese, Jonas. "Conflicts of Interest at Uptown Bank." Harvard Business School Case 122-022, April 2022. (Revised August 2022.)
  • 2014
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Negotiation Processes as Sources of (and Solutions to) Interorganizational Conflict

By: Elizabeth Long Lingo, Colin Fisher and Kathleen L. McGinn
We investigate how structural features of negotiations can affect interaction processes and how negotiations can be not only a solution to, but also a source of, inter-organizational conflict. Principals, agents, and teams face different sets of constraints and... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; Conflict; Organizational Management; Organizations; Conflict Management; Negotiation Process; Theory
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Lingo, Elizabeth Long, Colin Fisher, and Kathleen L. McGinn. "Negotiation Processes as Sources of (and Solutions to) Interorganizational Conflict." In Handbook of Conflict Management Research, edited by Oluremi B. Ayoko, Neal M. Ashkansy, and Karen Jehn. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014.
  • June 2003 (Revised December 2003)
  • Background Note

The Essence of Professionalism: Managing Conflict of Interest

By: Ashish Nanda
This case argues that central to being a professional is the pledge to manage conflicts of interest such that client interest is placed foremost. View Details
Keywords: Conflict of Interests
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Nanda, Ashish. "The Essence of Professionalism: Managing Conflict of Interest." Harvard Business School Background Note 903-120, June 2003. (Revised December 2003.)
  • January 1995 (Revised June 1995)
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Managing Conflict in a Diverse Workplace

Consists of several vignettes and discussion points around issues of conflict in the workplace. Issues presented are differences of race, gender, nationality, culture, religion; access to power, training, advancement; tolerance of style of management, language,... View Details
Keywords: Conflict Management; Working Conditions; Diversity Characteristics
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Gentile, Mary C., and Sarah Gant. "Managing Conflict in a Diverse Workplace." Harvard Business School Case 395-090, January 1995. (Revised June 1995.)
  • 2005
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Negotiation, Decision Making, and Conflict Management

By: M. H. Bazerman
Keywords: Negotiation; Decision Making; Conflict and Resolution; Management
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Bazerman, M. H., ed. Negotiation, Decision Making, and Conflict Management. 3 vols. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005.
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Outstanding Book Award

By: Deepak Malhotra
Winner of the 2018 Outstanding Book Award from the International Association for Conflict Management (IACM) for Negotiating the Impossible: How to Break Deadlocks and Resolve Ugly Conflicts (without Money or Muscle) (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2016). View Details
  • 1980
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Managing Communications and Conflict in Interpersonal Relationships

By: John J. Gabarro and Cyrus F. Gibson
Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Conflict Management; Relationships
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Gabarro, John J., and Cyrus F. Gibson. "Managing Communications and Conflict in Interpersonal Relationships." In Managing Organizational Behavior, edited by C.F. Gibson. Homewood, IL: Richard D. Irwin, 1980.
  • July 1995
  • Teaching Note

Managing Conflict in a Diverse Workplace TN

By: Mary C. Gentile and James I. Cash Jr.
Teaching Note for (9-395-090). View Details
Keywords: Management Style; Conflict Management; Spoken Communication; Employees; Culture; Diversity
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Gentile, Mary C., and James I. Cash Jr. "Managing Conflict in a Diverse Workplace TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 396-008, July 1995.
  • 2015
  • Preface

HBR Guide to Managing Conflict at Work

By: Linda A. Hill
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Hill, Linda A. "HBR Guide to Managing Conflict at Work." Preface to HBR Guide to Managing Conflict at Work, by Amy Gallo. Harvard Business Review Press, 2015.
  • April 2008
  • Case

TerraCog Global Positioning Systems: Conflict and Communication on Project Aerial

By: Michael Beer and Sunru Yong
TerraCog, a successful privately held high-tech firm that develops GPS (global positioning system) and similar products for consumer markets, has recently been caught off-guard by a competitor's new product that makes novel use of satellite imagery. When TerraCog... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Behavior; Meetings; Decision Making; Group Dynamics; Human Resource Management; Conflict; Information Technology; Leadership; Conflict Management; Competition; Groups and Teams; Organizational Culture; Human Resources; Communication; Decision Choices and Conditions; Crisis Management; Technology Industry
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Beer, Michael, and Sunru Yong. "TerraCog Global Positioning Systems: Conflict and Communication on Project Aerial." Harvard Business School Brief Case 082-184, April 2008.
  • April 2008
  • Teaching Note

TerraCog Global Positioning Systems: Conflict and Communication on Project Aerial (Brief Case)

By: Michael Beer and Sunru Yong
Teaching note to case #2184 View Details
Keywords: Organizational Behavior; Meetings; Group Dynamics; Human Resource Management; Conflict; Leadership; Communication; Groups and Teams; Organizations; Decision Making; Human Resources; Conflict and Resolution
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Beer, Michael, and Sunru Yong. "TerraCog Global Positioning Systems: Conflict and Communication on Project Aerial (Brief Case)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 082-185, April 2008.
  • July 1991 (Revised June 1993)
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Conflicting Responsibilities

By: Joseph L. Badaracco
Presents a framework for resolving issues in which managers' responsibilities--to shareholders, employees, other stakeholder groups, and to their own values and commitments in life--conflict with each other. The framework analyzes these issues in terms of duties,... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Employees; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Structure; Personal Development and Career; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations
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Badaracco, Joseph L. "Conflicting Responsibilities." Harvard Business School Background Note 392-002, July 1991. (Revised June 1993.)
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A Model for Managing System Conflict during Franchise Expansion

By: P. J. Kaufmann and V. K. Rangan
Keywords: Management; System; Conflict and Resolution; Business Ventures; Expansion
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Kaufmann, P. J., and V. K. Rangan. "A Model for Managing System Conflict during Franchise Expansion." Journal of Retailing 66, no. 2 (Summer 1990): 155–173.
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Too Hot to Handle? How to Manage Relationship Conflict

By: A. C. Edmondson and D. M. Smith
Keywords: Management; Relationships; Conflict and Resolution
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Edmondson, A. C., and D. M. Smith. "Too Hot to Handle? How to Manage Relationship Conflict." California Management Review 49, no. 1 (Fall 2006): 6–31.
  • 2016
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Negotiating the Impossible: How to Break Deadlocks and Resolve Ugly Conflicts (without Money or Muscle)

By: Deepak Malhotra
Some negotiations are easy. Others are more difficult. And then there are situations that seem completely hopeless. Conflict is escalating, people are getting aggressive, and no one is willing to back down. And, to top it off, you have little power or other resources... View Details
Keywords: Dealmaking; Diplomacy; Conflict; Dispute Resolution; Strategy; Conflict Management; Negotiation
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Malhotra, Deepak. Negotiating the Impossible: How to Break Deadlocks and Resolve Ugly Conflicts (without Money or Muscle). Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2016. (Top 10 Business Books of 2016 (The Globe & Mail) #1 Business Book of 2016 (KnowSquare, for the Spanish Edition) Business Bestseller List (800CEORead.)
  • September 1978 (Revised November 1979)
  • Background Note

Some Aspects of Problem Solving and Conflict Resolution in Management Groups

Provides a brief overview of the strengths and weaknesses of group problem solving and suggests criteria for when to use a group. Also, describes the three primary modes of conflict resolution (smoothing and avoidance; bargaining and forcing, problem solving) and... View Details
Keywords: Conflict Management; Groups and Teams
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Ware, James P. "Some Aspects of Problem Solving and Conflict Resolution in Management Groups." Harvard Business School Background Note 479-003, September 1978. (Revised November 1979.)
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