What causes conflict between employees and managers?

Managers tell employees what to do. Sometimes employees don't want to do it.

Ways to minimize conflict, include;

1. as far as practical let employees choose their own tasks. Some people like some jobs more than others. Get people who like jobs doing them.

2. Hold parties and company picnics and the like in which management does nice things for employees (such as cook for them). This will cause staff to like their supervisors to some extent.

3. Offer some sort of stock options or profit sharing plan, so that the employees to some extent have the same interests as the company, and thus more motive to work for the good of the company.

4. Try to avoid hiring Stupid Stupids to manage your company.