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Dealing with Scarce Resources

Open-Minded Interaction for Resolving Budget Conflicts

Simon Fraser University and Lingnan College, Hong Kong

Margaret Poon

City University of Hong Kong

Organizational power ad politics researchers contend that the conflicts over scare resources intensify competition and conflict but can be useful for an effective distribution of resources. A total of 59 mars with budget responsibilities from both expanding and retrenching organizations were interviewed on specific budget conflicts. Consistent the power perspective. these conflicts could be productive. Open-minded discussion of opposing views contributed to making these conflicts useful for productivity, relationship development, and unity. In contrast with organizational power theorizing, cooperative goals, not competition, shaped the productive management of conflicts over scarce resources.

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