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Conflict Management Practices In Tertiary Institutions: The Case Of University For Development Studies Central Administration, Ghana

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate conflict management practices and the main causes of conflict in the university administration in Ghana. The researcher used quantitative methods to classify variables in the study and administered questionnaires as tools to enable accurate data collection. T...

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Main Authors: Mohammed, Bawah, Adam Andani, Mohammed, Md Sayed, Uddin
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Published: IJDR 2019
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spelling my.unimas.ir.254692021-04-21T00:25:21Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/25469/ Conflict Management Practices In Tertiary Institutions: The Case Of University For Development Studies Central Administration, Ghana Mohammed, Bawah Adam Andani, Mohammed Md Sayed, Uddin H Social Sciences (General) The purpose of this paper is to evaluate conflict management practices and the main causes of conflict in the university administration in Ghana. The researcher used quantitative methods to classify variables in the study and administered questionnaires as tools to enable accurate data collection. The target population for the research included management staff, senior staff and junior staff at the University for Development Studies UDS central administration in Tamale, Ghana. The study revealed that the causes of conflict at the UDS central administration were conflicting needs, conflicting perception, conflicting goals, conflicting roles, tribalism and nepotism. The strengths and weaknesses of the processes and procedures in conflict management and resolution were discovered with the view to recommend ways of improvement. The findings may draw the attention of policy makers and other stakeholders to various issues in the conflict management and resolution processes in public universities on how to address problematic issues. The study may also highlight the processes and quality procedures for conflict resolution in the tertiary institutions. The paper’s originality is reflected by the use of management staff, senior staff and junior staff which have not been previously used, to investigate university conflict management in the study area. IJDR 2019-06 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/25469/1/Adam%20Andani.pdf Mohammed, Bawah and Adam Andani, Mohammed and Md Sayed, Uddin (2019) Conflict Management Practices In Tertiary Institutions: The Case Of University For Development Studies Central Administration, Ghana. International Journal of Development Research, 09 (06). pp. 28163-28168. ISSN 2230-9926 http://www.journalijdr.com
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Mohammed, Bawah
Adam Andani, Mohammed
Md Sayed, Uddin
Conflict Management Practices In Tertiary Institutions: The Case Of University For Development Studies Central Administration, Ghana
description The purpose of this paper is to evaluate conflict management practices and the main causes of conflict in the university administration in Ghana. The researcher used quantitative methods to classify variables in the study and administered questionnaires as tools to enable accurate data collection. The target population for the research included management staff, senior staff and junior staff at the University for Development Studies UDS central administration in Tamale, Ghana. The study revealed that the causes of conflict at the UDS central administration were conflicting needs, conflicting perception, conflicting goals, conflicting roles, tribalism and nepotism. The strengths and weaknesses of the processes and procedures in conflict management and resolution were discovered with the view to recommend ways of improvement. The findings may draw the attention of policy makers and other stakeholders to various issues in the conflict management and resolution processes in public universities on how to address problematic issues. The study may also highlight the processes and quality procedures for conflict resolution in the tertiary institutions. The paper’s originality is reflected by the use of management staff, senior staff and junior staff which have not been previously used, to investigate university conflict management in the study area.
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author Mohammed, Bawah
Adam Andani, Mohammed
Md Sayed, Uddin
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Md Sayed, Uddin
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title Conflict Management Practices In Tertiary Institutions: The Case Of University For Development Studies Central Administration, Ghana
title_short Conflict Management Practices In Tertiary Institutions: The Case Of University For Development Studies Central Administration, Ghana
title_full Conflict Management Practices In Tertiary Institutions: The Case Of University For Development Studies Central Administration, Ghana
title_fullStr Conflict Management Practices In Tertiary Institutions: The Case Of University For Development Studies Central Administration, Ghana
title_full_unstemmed Conflict Management Practices In Tertiary Institutions: The Case Of University For Development Studies Central Administration, Ghana
title_sort conflict management practices in tertiary institutions: the case of university for development studies central administration, ghana
publisher IJDR
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