Political Science · Public Administration
UGC NET December 2023 Political Science
Who among the following came out with the innovative idea of 'constructive conflict'?
AMary Parker Follett ✓ Correct
BWoodrow Wilson
CMax Weber
DHenry Fayol
Correct answer: (A) Mary Parker Follett — Mary Parker Follett gave the idea of constructive conflict, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Mary Parker Follett gave the idea of constructive conflict, so that is the answer.
★She was an early twentieth-century social worker and management consultant.
★She held that conflict in an organisation need not be a destructive evil.
★Rather than suppressing conflict, she said its energy could be turned to constructive use.
★Through integration the differences in a conflict can yield a solution better than either side first held.
★This forward-looking view reshaped how organisations treat disagreement.
★Woodrow Wilson, Max Weber and Henry Fayol worked on administration, bureaucracy and management principles, not this idea.
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