Conflict Management Communication is a two way street. To communicate you have to actively listen and openly respond. Conflict management is a skill that must be developed, because some people just simply do not like to deal with it. As a manager, one must be able to decipher what the lead to an employee dispute. The scenario is that we have two employees working on concurrent projects and one feels the other never meets the deadlines given. Therefore, emails begin to be passed back and forth with other team members copied to the emails. As a manager, the underlying issue could be communication and then turns to personal. When working as a team it is imperative to be able to have an open. Conflict is not always a negative thing because it creates ideas and allows team to piggyback and continue to be creative. As a manager in a situation, as such both parties will need to be coached on effective communication. In addition, when they feel an alt towards one another it needs to be settled by other means. The goal of conflict management is not two get the parties to agree, but to see each other’s point of view and come to a collaborative decision. Stress in a project team can create tension and conflict as well. The following will list some strategies to effectively deal with conflict management. First thing is to recognize conflict. Then it needs to be determined how and why the conflict came about. According to the team building directory there are several tactics to alleviate or address conflict. Some of these are as follows managing cooperative conflict, listen for meaning and the team resolution process. In managing cooperative conflict, the goal is not view conflict as negative, but to use it as a catalyst to create effective problem solving skills as well as decision making to get a team motivated. It encourages creativity and causes