The "Optimal Conflict" Perspective of Organizational Conflict Is That

question 124

Multiple Choice

The "optimal conflict" perspective of organizational conflict is that:

• A)conflict should be minimized in all departments.
• B)conflict should be encouraged to increase creativity.
• C)organizations are most effective when employees experience some level of conflict,but become less effective with high levels of conflict.
• D)conflict energizes people to debate issues more thoroughly.
• E)no level of conflict is every beneficial to the organization or employees.

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Definitions:

Sympatric Species

Species that occupy the same or overlapping geographical areas but remain genetically distinct without interbreeding.

Temporal Isolation

A mechanism of reproductive isolation that occurs when two species breed at different times of the day, season, or year, preventing mating.

Habitat Isolation

A form of prezygotic barrier where two species live in different habitats and rarely, if ever, encounter each other.

Mechanical Isolation

an evolutionary mechanism that prevents species from interbreeding due to physical differences in reproductive structures.