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Lesson Conflict Cycle and Its Resolution
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FACTS The deep rooted Kamaiya Pratha (bonded labour)
to Understand was abolished by the government in BS 2057
which was highly practised in the Mid-Western
and the Far Western Terai of Nepal.

An active disagreement between people with opposing opinions or principles is
known as conflict. The main causes of conflicts within work groups are often cause by
struggles over status, scare resources and control over the authority. It is a situation
when two or more than two parties do not satisfy between them. There are mainly
three types of conflict. They are:

i. Personal conflict
ii. Group conflict
iii. Organizational conflict

A personal conflict occurs between two people when they dislike each other or there is
personality clash. Conflict occur in groups because of the scarcity of freedom, resource
and position is called group conflict and a state of disagreement caused by the actual
or perceived opposition of needs, values and interest between people working together
is called organizational conflict.

Different anthropologists and sociologists have agreed that there exist major five types
of conflict. They are man vs man, man vs nature, man vs self, man vs society, man
vs technology and man vs supernatural. Sociologists Norman Shawchuck stated that
conflict is a predictable and cyclical process. It is a natural phenomenon that occurs
one after another. According to him, the conflict cycle passes through 5 phases, they
are tension development in relationship due to belief and attitude, role dilemma in
which develop (thinking on what I did and the opponent is doing), feeling of injustice
and collecting proofs that have hurt a person and coming to negotiation point.
Some other sociologists have developed another model of conflict cycle after Showchuck.
It also includes 5 stages. They are disbelief and insecurity result in conflict. The
conflict is ended with discussion and negotiation there by creating aftermath conflict.

Conflict Cycle and Its Phases

The conflict cycle is an expected cyclical process through which conflict passes. This
is an excellent tool that assesses the current stage and intensity of a conflict. Conflict
cycle helps people to bring resolution to present conflict and minimize future conflict
by understanding it properly.

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