When the government plans and progresses a project, it will be faced with many conflicts from stake holders. The stake holders compete with each other to achieve their goal, resulting in conflicts.
Especially, if the conflict results from the discord ...
When the government plans and progresses a project, it will be faced with many conflicts from stake holders. The stake holders compete with each other to achieve their goal, resulting in conflicts.
Especially, if the conflict results from the discord of the value standard, it will be more serious. A good example is the conflict from the government and environmental groups when the government performs a project related to environment. Therefore, it is very important to manage conflicts efficiently.
The object of this study is the Saemanguem project, which is currently under construction by the judgment of the Supreme Court. This project was thrown before the court because of the conflict between development and protection. Therefore, it is meaningful to find out what happened at every stage and what brought about the conflict between stake holders. In this study, the conflicts from the Saemanguem project are analyzed through variables which are distrust to the authorities, conflict of value, and no organization for conflict solution.
The Saemanguem project was made nearly 20 years ago, and although a lot of problems for the conflict between development and protection were discussed under prior Presidents, there were no reasonable solutions against the conflict on it, finally thrown before the court. As seen in this example, if all the national projects are taken to the court, it will produce a lot of waste, Therefore, it is very important to manage conflicts effectively through the talks and discussions of two opposing parties.
The Saemanguem project will surely affect other national project in the future. Therefore, it is meaningful to suggest the ways the Saemanguem project should have been dealt with, which will certainly influence future national projects, saving a lot of time and money.
In the range of time, activities of people-authority united research group from 1991 to 1999, the suit which started in 2001, and the judgment of the Supreme Court are analyzed.
Units of analysis, related to the conflict, are Korean Agriculture Company, Jeon-buk Government, civil groups in Jeon-buk, regional news medias and politicians' activities that are for the Saemanguem project, and environmental groups, religional groups and people in the area that are against the Saemanguem project.
When the government plans and launches national project like the Saemanguem project, the government should give trust to those related to the project. A lot of discussions are needed and share of information should be activated. Systems and procedures should be reasonable and people in the area are able to take part in the project. In this way, the government can obtain the credibility.
This study has the limitation that the example is only one, which means that it has a problem of generalization. Another example would be compared with this example. When another example happens, additional studies will solve the generalization problem through the analysis of conflicts, making a good way to manage conflicts effectively.