Disputes have been defined as "an expressed struggle between at least two interdependent parties who perceive incompatible goals, scarce resources, and interference from the other party in achieving their goals". Important concepts in this definition include "expressed struggle," which means the two sides must communicate about the problem for them to dispute. Another important idea is that disputes often involve perceptions. The two sides may only perceive that their goals, resources, and interference are incompatible with each other's (Ware, 2001).
Once I came across a disputed situation: the issue was to pay the salaries the employees early in advance, so that the employees won’t be late in having their payments, and the management wants to provide the salaries upon the submission of the fees from the students. The dispute thus arose between the management and the principal of the institute. The principal wanted to provide the salaries and the management was not agreeing to it. At that moment, I suggested the idea that as many of the employees are the only supporters of their families, so the problem can be solved by taking a loan from the bank and providing the workers with their salaries and later on return the bank account on the submission of the fees. That made the problem solved.
At this point, I'm reminded of an incident that I encountered while I was working abroad. In the first month of my stay there, I was asked to give a presentation at a meeting with my American colleagues so I got himself all prepared for the presentation which for me was very important as it was my first one in the US office. But while giving my presentation, I got myself quite flustered because I noticed some of my American colleagues were chewing gums. Chewing gum while....
