THE EFFECT OF CONFLICT MANAGEMENT ON ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS :( The Case of Gondar Polytechnic College)

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to investigate the effect of conflicts management among organizational effectiveness in Gondar polytechnic college. The study used Quantitative research approach with explanatory research design was adopted in carrying out this research. The study used primary data source and the data collection instrument was structured close ended survey questionnaires using the five point Likert scale adopted from different scholars in previous studies. The sample size was 300 respondents using proportionate stratified and simple random sampling technique was used and 260 questionnaires were filled and returned for the analysis. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher used the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS Version 26) tool in order to find the results of descriptive and inferential statistics analysis easily. The adjusted R squared was found to be 73.7 % of variation in the dependent variable of organizational effectiveness can be explained by the five independent variables (competing style, cooperation style, avoiding style, compromising style, accommodating style). Have significant and positive coefficient of beta values indicating that they have positive effect on organizational effectiveness in the Gondar polytechnic college under the study, the study finally concludes by suggesting that all the factors of conflict management elements have positive relationship with organizational effectiveness.based on the finding of this study: -Management of Gondar polytechnic college should encourage and promote interpersonal relationships among co-workers to improve on their morale that create good feeling and increased positive attitude.Expose employees to organization conflict management through workshops and seminars time to time for the Employees.Finally, good competition style on the part of management and employee representatives can be a strategy for preventing un wanted conflicts.