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This paper was originally published in the Proceedings of the Eigth Annual Interdisciplinary Health Team Care Conference, which took place September 18-20, 1986 at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.  It is reproduced here with the permission of the author.

The purpose of this paper is to explore the differences, if any, in the definition, recognition, use, and management of conflict between organization and interdisciplinary health team literature.
My assumptions about organizations are based on Bolman and Deal's review of the organizational literature. They categorized this literature into four frames: structural, human resource, political, and symbolic. Each of the four frames assumes a different approach to conflict.