Modeling and Analyzing a Complex Real-World Conflict Using the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution

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Faculty of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

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Conflict among stakeholders may be a barrier to the progress of projects and a major cause for significant waste in capital. This research explores modeling and analysis of a conflict among the stakeholders of a high-technology corporation. The interaction among the stakeholders is modeled as a game. In this research, we employ a system’s engineering approach for modeling and analysis of this intra-organizational conflict, using Graph Model for Conflict Resolution (GMCR+). It is an advanced methodology driven from conflict analysis, which has routes in non-cooperative game theory with a non-quantitative approach. This article focuses on a conflict among three parties. The socially optimal solution happens when one player, who has the technical knowledge, finds another investor. Using sensitivity analysis, we find an alternative, more favorable solution to reach a new agreement in setting up two plants (instead of seven) in Tehran and Kermanshah, launching the project with the remaining capital. We demonstrate that taking the case to court does not result in a favorable outcome for the players.

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Interdisciplinary Journal of Management Studies (Formerly known as Iranian Journal of Management Studies)
Volume 15, Issue 3
July 2022
Pages 443-470

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