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Source of conflict between supervisors, employees, and HR department March 29, Source of conflict between supervisors, employees, and HR departmentThe post identifies communication and performance evaluation as some of the sources of conflict between supervisors, employees, and the Human Resource department, a response that may not be precise in answering the question. Identifying one source of conflict and justifying its relative significance over other sources of conflict would be precise. In addition, even though lack of effective communication and performance evaluation and its associated impacts may be sources of conflicts in the human resource department, lack of a common objective appears to be the major source of conflict because most of other sources of conflict seems to emerge from it (Timal and Schilling, 2013; Daft, 2012).

The possible communication-based problem in an organization is lack of effective communication and not lack of communication. Management, for example, cannot formulate policies and fail to communicate them for intended purposes. Existence of common objectives and motivation towards the objectives, through an organizational culture, may however facilitate effectiveness of communication despite the management’s approach to communication. Similarly, congruent goals between employees, supervisors, and the human resource management are a basis to performance evaluation results and effects.

An employee who shares in an organization’s objectives, understands the need for evaluation and is motivated by effects of evaluation results. Even though an employee may not like a punishment based on poor evaluation results, he or she is likely to accept it and work towards improvement if there is a shared goal. Burke and Friedman (2011) support this position through their identification of psychological factors as causes of conflicts in organizations. ReferencesBurke, R. and Friedman, L. (2011). Essentials of management and leadership in public health.

Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett Publishers. Daft, R. (2012). Organizational theory and design (11th Ed.). Mason, OH: Cengage Learning. Timal, D. and Schilling, C. (2013). Managing human resources and collective bargaining. Lanham, MA: R&L Education.