CONCLUSION
This study has shown that conflict affects
schools and other organisations almost all the
time. Moreover, the participants underscored
their need to be empowered in conflict management
to be able to steer their schools to success.
The participants also identified crucial skills that
would enable them to be effective conflict managers.
These included the ability to work in
teams, and learning more about the theories of
conflict. Conflict competent school principals
are able to deal with conflict situations well.
Moreover, effective conflict managers understand
themselves well and this is crucial in conflict.
Understanding oneself is as important as
understanding the other party and this is the
basis for creating effective school managers.
Effective school managers will also eschew seeing
conflict in negative light. The school’s vision
can be attained after the conflict has been
handled well. In fact, schools that grow are those
that have experienced some kind of conflict.
Successful schools will be those that have effective
conflict managers at the helm. Below, the
paper closes with the study’s recommendations.