Problem-Solution

Conflicts are often unavoidable within an organization. In a family, a simple form of an organization, conflicts may arise between family members. The cause to this is likely to be the uncontrollable ego of one individual or a group whose members share a common perspective. Individual family members may assert different needs which may not be compatible with the needs of the family as a whole. One example is the desires of emotionally-immature teenage children that may disrupt the family’s orderliness, such as the desire to own the latest gadgets. The funds, on the other hands, could be used for fulfilling more crucial family needs. The children thus feel their needs are abandoned. Such a clash can be resolved by parents – the supposedly more emotionally intelligent – giving advices to develop the children’s emotional intelligence. Competition amongst family members in extended families is another frequently-occurring case. This usually happens after a most-respected family member departs. The problem can be solved by understanding what one’s own rights and obligations are, as well as others’. To sum up, conflicts in an organization can be solved by cultivating emotional intelligence.