THE IMPACT OF CONFLICT AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN THE ORGANIZATIONS IN GHANA
There are many records of conflict in history of Ghana; conflicts in ethnicity and religion, industry, socio-political and economic conflicts, health and distribution of wealth and organizational conflicts eventually arise in their country that usually resulted in civil war and clashes, poverty and sufferings but that was in the previous centuries. Today their country has also learned to manage conflicts but the impact of devastation still remain this resulted in crisis in Ghana and their economy suffered too much devastation, famine and hunger when people usually do not care, it seems like the cycle of poverty from their old folks has been inherent to their children to grow in conflict and hopelessness. One of the most historic series of event is the conflict of livestock during 1994 to 1995 resulted in guinea fowl war that has been a war between tribes of different ethnic groups and their livestock industry in Northern region of Ghana most of the villagers has their own livestock production.
However, because of competition and differences the feeds and water has been poisoned so most of theirs tribal fowls has been killed or stolen while some that’s left cannot be traded because of contamination resulting in poverty, unemployment and non productivity. This also resulted in at least 2000 deaths of people and massive destruction of their livelihood. The conflict continues and a series of robbery and poisoning of livestock continues that poultry, sheep, goats, cattle and other animals have been killed and large owners could not perform commercial offering of their livestock. More massive conflicts and more deaths and diseases of animals lessen their commercial value. They also destroyed infrastructure and animal housing facilities that there are only about 23% estimate animal industry has been left. Later in 1995 to early 1996 when the conflict subside the government has initiated conflict management initiative to revive the livestock industry through a relief package worth 0,000 dollars to help bring back the opportunities that their people and the government has once lost. This initial amount should provide enough infrastructures to house their animals and to buy new breed of animals from other regions.
Going back to the current times there are still series of strikes and rallies coming from different industries and labor disputes that created more conflicts when employees demand more for their works. Labor conflicts especially in 2006 includes Teachers and Education Workers Union (TEWU), Allied Health Workers Group (HWG) and Ghana Medical Union has individually conducted their own strikes because of different labor arguments from February to June of 2006 they have different request and grievances to various organizations and government but the conflict still remains to be unresolved within their organizations. In the case of TEWU teachers and education workers has demanded for the mandate to the Conference of Polytechnic Principles (COPP) for their 15% retention premium as well as their arrears and they have pressed their demand through a series of strikes that they have lost their patients to the broken promises and unfulfilled obligations coming from different universities and government agencies.
If the government and universities has not given their cooperation and demand this will result in series of conflicts between employees, universities and government that will definitely impact the education sectors and other industry for there will be a nationwide strikes of teachers and education workers, there will be no public classes in different regions in Ghana and they may even encourage the public to join their rallies. This will result in mistrust and more labor disputes and arguments. The usual unmanaged industry strikes have made laborers suffer while industry less productive they may live in starvation, hunger and unemployment, nobody ever win in a conflicts.
The government has given them the mandate while the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) have already released the funds during May of 2011. Universities and Colleges together with TEWU have resolved their conflict through Collective Bargaining Agreement Management Practices. People and laborers have the rights of claims and unionization, the collective bargaining agreement issues and key purpose is to protect both parties to settle dispute without violent engagement or war for this will protect the interest between employees and employer if they can come up with the most acceptable forms of agreement. Within the case that there is non existence of compromise agreement the intervention of national government is also qualified to give their views to establish suggestion and control measures if they start to brag or create a confusion of threats to settle their legal disputes. This is the usual management response to organizational conflicts in the modern times of Ghana.
References:
http://www.ajol.info/index.php/jasr/article/viewFile/2884/32184
http://newspapersghana.com/ghanaiantrust/tewu-demands-payment-retention-premium-arrears?page=5 http://www.crise.ox.ac.uk/pubs/workingpaper68.pdf
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