Conflict Prevention and Resolution: Key Approaches

Petya Angelova ()
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Petya Angelova: Department of Management and Administration, University of Economics-Varna, Bulgaria

Business & Management Compass, 2025, issue 3, 48-55

Abstract: This article presentsa short literature review and classification of key approaches to conflict prevention and resolution. The great number of conflict management theories,concepts, and methods is often difficult to exploit and because of that, they are quite frequently misunderstood. The article aims to make the process easier by summarizing the key approachesinto a simple typology. Itscopesonly the most popular approaches to conflict prevention and resolution.All relevantinformation has beenderived from scientific papers and is not based on personal investigations. As a result, key approaches to conflict prevention and resolution have been identified, discussed, and summarizedin a way that enables their easier practical use.The paper concludes that the bestapproach for conflict prevention and resolutiondepends on the context and long-term goals.There is no universal tool that can be used in all circumstances.The article is not pretending for scientific originality but can be usedas a tool forresearchers andeveryone who is working in the field of conflict management and seeks a better understanding of approaches to conflict prevention and resolution.

Keywords: Conflicts; conflict approaches; conflict prevention; conflict resolution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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