Power and Conflict Management in Apparel Industry

Apparel industry is contributing to the economy in larger manner and 28 % of the exports are form the apparel industry while more than 40 % of the employment opportunities are in the apparel sector. In 2021, April the export value of the garments is showed as $366 million which is an increase than 2020 (Kularathne & Senevirathne, 2020). As the apparel sector is highly labor-intensive industry, managing the human resource practices and applications are very important to have continuous development (Bandara, 2019). Power and conflicts are in the organizations among the employees when working together and better management of the conflicts and power distribution is a responsibility of the upper management. There can be positive and negative impacts of the conflicts (Marigat et al., 2019).

Power is the desired level of authority in employees and the level of the authority which has been granted by the organizations to the employees (Maron & Benish, 2021).

In apparel factories, as the employee engagement is very higher, the power distribution has been done in several layers specially in sewing operations. Conflicts are highly possible in these employee pools and thus the organizations are needed to have proper conflict management applications to avoided negative impacts (Niu et al., 2017). Absenteeism is highly occurring in the apparel industries and it is causing the turnover of employees as well. In accordance with this, it is very important to have better conflict management applications in the organizations to manage better outcomes (Heizmann, 2018).

Understanding the reasons for the conflict occurring is another application and it is necessary to have the separate teams in the apparel companies to identify the root course of the conflicts. Identification of these reasons can be recorded the avoidance of the conflicts and leading to the success in the operations (Maron & Benish, 2021). Conclusion Power and conflicts are common in the organization’s settings and the responsibility of the Human Resource Management department is the management of these applications in a successful manner to have better outcomes. It is very important to have these applications in apparel sector as the apparel sector is highly labor oriented industry. Reducing the negative impacts in conflicts with the usage of proper power in companies is a must to have the peace and harmony. Accordingly, organizations have a higher responsibility in managing conflicts. References Bandara, G. D. M., 2019. The Impact of Social Support on Employee Well-being: Special Reference to Apparel Sector in Badulla, s.l.: (Doctoral dissertation, Faculty of commerce & Management).

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