What are the 4 ways to resolve conflicts among persons suggested by Harvard Negotiation Project?
1) People: Separate people from the problem. Even though both the people and…
Can conflicts be managed by force or authority? How are different conflicts resolved?
- ‘I am in-charge - see it my way or I will fire…
What are the most common conflicts?
- Conflicts over schedules, depending mostly on support depts. but where managers do…
What steps can be taken to improve the ethical climate by managers?
1. Ethical values and their full complexity are widely acknowledged and appreciated by…
Explain how Ethical Climate is promoted in organizations through examples.
There are highly ethical organizations, examples of some of which are given…
‘Managers’ responsibility is to conduct business to increase profits’. Discuss.
• Nobel laureate Milton Friedman said ‘The social responsibility of business is to…
Why managements prefer to make engineers as managers than non-engineers? / Why engineers find management positions attractive?
Engineers undergo the most intensive technical training amongst professionals. But still, many…
Which studies are more useful to ‘engineer managers’ than even engineering?
Richard L.Meehan, a civil engg graduate from MIT, was retained by General…
What are the difficulties in Decommissioning Weapons?
1. Even now, shells (duds or live) which landed about 90 years back…
Explain the problems of defense industry with examples.
1. Large military build-ups: $2 billion cost overrun on the development of C5-A…


