Managers Can Stimulate Conflict By

question 53

Multiple Choice

Managers can stimulate conflict by:

• A) focusing employee attention on superordinate goals.
• B) matching personalities and work habits of employees.
• C) placing employee groups in competitive situations.
• D) expanding the resource base of the organization.
• E) enhancing coordination of interdependence.

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Definitions:

Job-Order Costing

An accounting method used to track costs individually for each job, not by process or time period.

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Process Costing

An accounting methodology used for homogenous goods, tracking and accumulating direct and indirect costs associated with a continuous production process.