This study suggest the microscopic analysis of the conflicts and adjustment process
when imposing and expanding the principal appointment system between
MEST(Ministry of Education, Science and Technology) and KFTA(Korean Federation of
Teachers' Association), the biggest teachers' association in Korea to prevent the
upcoming policy conflicts and offer the effectual management in the future. The research
employed 'the analysis model of policy conflict' which was developed by referring to
some of precedent studies. The outcome of the research shows that the conflicts
development patterns were not fixated regularly and the display of conflicts could be
expressed whenever meeting the conditions at any stages throughout the irregular cycle
of conflicts concealment, conflicts display, conflicts management, the termination of
settlement of conflicts, the termination of potential conflicts. The sources of conflicts
were mostly from the government authorities. Some endeavors to relieve the policy
conflicts were visualized especially when the governmental standpoint has difficulties.
The policy concerned groups utilized the appropriately mixed methods of both lower
and higher level for relieving the policy conflicts. There should be aggressive measures
to restrain the occurrence of conflicts and control the existing conflicts in the early stages
since the persisting of policy conflicts would lead the chilling effect of the teachers and
the weakening of public education as well as the loss of social cost and time.