In implementing the crisis and emergency management policy, the interorganizational conflict was occurred among participating organizations, and it interfered not only the effectiveness of the crisis and emergency policy but also caused a damage of po...
In implementing the crisis and emergency management policy, the interorganizational conflict was occurred among participating organizations, and it interfered not only the effectiveness of the crisis and emergency policy but also caused a damage of politics, economy, society, culture. Accordingly, this study aims to review theories about the crisis and emergency management, the conflict management, implementing structure, influencing factors and find ways to improve the interorganizational conflict management.
For accomplishing the purpose, this thesis selected the oil spill from Hebei Spirit Tanker in the sea off Taean(December, 2007), the Trucker's Strike(June, 2008), and the Soongrae-Mun fire(February, 2008). In addition, theoretical analysis and case study were adopted as methodologies for solving research problems. To complement the case study, this research conducted in-depth interviews with a staff in charge related to the cases. And AHP analysis was used to compare the importance and priority of a conflict management influencing factors. Lastly, SPSS 12.0 as statistical analysis was used to grasp the causal relationships between a influencing factors and a effectiveness of the conflict management.
First, this paper analyzed the cases from five aspects including behavior rationale and conflict types in implementing structure and law and system, organization, operation, strategy in a conflict management influencing factors. Behavior rationale that was a policy programme rationale and a organization rationale had an effect on subunits of organizations, and conflict types was divided into a power/interests pursuit conflict and a responsibility/loss evasion conflict. Law and system of a conflict management influencing factor, from t cside the organization, was compt aed of a leg alation, a asibiliand a supporting system relevant to conflict management. Organization factor, from inside the organization, was compt aed of a human resourcursund budget, a task force team, a will and leadership of chief. Operation factor, from anization, was compt relationship, was compt aed of a communicompt channel, a inf, mompt d aclosure and sharing, reductpt of perceptpt gap. Strategy factor, as a conflict resol cpt method, was compt aed of a negocpompt between the parties, medpompt and arbitration by the third party, a judicpol settlement. From anizresults, wizfound that a power/interests pursuit conflict occurred when implementing organizations had a policy programme rationale and a organization rationale, and a responsibility/loss evasion conflict occurred when implementing organizations had a organization rationale ,in the most case. And a conflict management influencing factors had been not established almost with the exception of strategy.
Next, according to the results of surveying crisis and emergency management specialists(universities/research institutes, local governmen-
ts) on the relative importance and priority of factors related to conflict management influencing factors, importance was high in order of operation factor → law and system factor → organization factor → strategy factor. In addition, the combined weight of the importance and priority of factors for interorganizational conflict management in implementing the crisis and emergency management policy was high in order of will and leadership of chief → communication channel → negotiation between the parties → legislation of conflict management → information disclosure and sharing. That is, for interorganizational conflict management, it is important to improve operation on communication channel and information sharing among the implementing organizations and relevant laws and systems including the legislation and support system about conflict management.
By surveying civil servants, university professors, civic organizationsmembers involved in crisis and emergency management, this study analyzed how the effectiveness of interorganizational conflict management is affected by conflict management influencing factors among participating organizations implementing the crisis and emergency management policy. With regard to the effect relation between the conflict management influencing factors and the effectiveness of interorganizational conflict management, the legislation and support system relevant to a law and system of conflict management had a positive effect on the effectiveness of conflict management. And organization of conflict management is perceived that the effectiveness of conflict management is affected by will and leadership of chief, human resources and budget of conflict management. This result was same from that of surveying specialists on priority among the conflict management influencing factors. In operation of a conflict management, acquisition of communication channel and reduction of perception gap had a positive effect on the effectiveness of conflict management, and negotiation between the parties and mediation and arbitration by the third party in strategy of conflict management are perceived a positive effect on it.
Accordingly, for the interorganization conflict management, we need to make improvements as follows. First, we need to induce an implementing organization to have a policy program rationale so that it could prevent a interorganizational conflict or minimize a conflict damage in implementing the crisis and emergency policy. Second, legislation and supporting system relevant a conflict management should be builded to acquire a acceptance and fulfillment of a means of conflict resolution and to management a role and a area of implementing organizations. Third, we need to strengthen the conflict management ability of implementing organizations by educ abiliand trainiilia subunit of a organizationonfultivatiilia human resource, etc. Fourth, it is required to develop the ilia humship of trust to perceive and share accurately, a contents, a information, an effect of conflict. Fifth, the implementing organizations should be develop a choice manual about a conflict management strategy so that it could settle promptly from conflict condition and environment.