Jagan Institute of Management Studies organized a MDP program on the topic “Managing Conflicts at Work place” at Atlas Cycles, Ghaziabad on 22nd April 2017. The Key Resource Persons were: Prof. S. C. Kapoor and Dr.Ritu Bajaj, Professor, JIMS. Mr.N.P.Singh Rana, CEO, Atlas Cycles, initiated the workshop with a brief introduction of topic and emphasized on the need to manage conflict in the organisation. There was an overwhelming response of 26 managers as participants.
Dr.Ritu introduced JIMS and the innovative involvement of management and faculty members in shaping young budding managers as per the corporate standards. Prof.Kapoor, specially designed the workshop for mid-level managers of the organization. The special feature of the program was active participation of all the participants in a problem solving process given on the spot, first individually and later collectively as a team to arrive at a consensus despite difference of opinion in individual thought processes. The participants were given exposure to have self-assessment of their understanding of human behavior, conflict resolution preferences. The participants were involved in appreciation of hard realities of the issues through storytelling and videos.
Prof.Kapoor further highlighted the critical importance of conflict management and its connectivity in our decision making at work place. The participants were appreciative of the concepts and concerns shared by the resource team during the event.
Overall the session was very interactive and all the participants were spell bound till the end.