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That conflicts be resolved based on the facts of the situation. Human relations school of management concept. Rejects references to relative superiority of any party over the other. Oddly promotes the resolutions to management problems be governed by situational demands, not based on any authority or principle. Proposed by the US management philosopher Mary Kay Follett (18681933).

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