Using a fictitious work
dispute, as well as Stephen P. Robbins text entitled "Organizational Behavior", this
paper discusses various theories which might be applied to work through the dispute and resolve it. The paper begins by describing the hypothetical workplace dispute - a disagreement over the terms of a new employment contract between a professional sports league's owners and
players. It then defines the term '
conflict', using both Robbins' definition of conflict from the text, as well as the author's own interpretation of conflict. The paper thereafter discusses the desired
negotiation outcomes from the perspective of both the players as well as the owners concerning the dispute. It does this by discussing Robbins' distributive
bargaining and integrative bargaining, as well as forms of negotiation. The paper then talks about several decision-making
biases that hinder the dispute resolution effort, citing several scenarios that could result because of these different biases. Finally, the paper concludes by summarizing everything in a final paragraph.