A study of the relationship between organizational intelligence with conflict management between manager and teachers in public schools of Maragheh city (2010-2011)

This study was conducted to determine the relationship between organizational intelligence with conflict management. The research method was correlation and applied research. The statistical population was managers and teachers of public high and guidance schools Maragheh city. It included 88 managers, using Cochran’s Formula 44 managers and 256 teachers were chosen through ratio stratified sampling method. Research tools included organizational intelligence questionnaire (Albrecht, 2003) and Robbins conflict management, who had supported the formal validity and reliability using cronbach’s alpha, coefficient, was about 0.89 and 0.83. Pearson analysis showed that between two variables, organizational intelligence and solution- oriented strategy in conflict management, there is a significant relationship, but the correlation between organizational intelligence with avoidance and control strategies of conflict management, there was no significant relationship. T-test results showed that between manager and teacher in conflict management strategy there was a significant difference, and managers were more solution- oriented than the teacher. In contrast, teachers tend to use avoidance strategy. This difference was also significant in terms of gender, as women were more solution- oriented than men. Also, between managers and teachers there was no significant difference in organizational intelligence.