During an Interview with One Team Member, You Learn That

question 6

Multiple Choice

During an interview with one team member, you learn that several members of the team have had conflicts regarding the content of a task to which the team was recently assigned. Are these conflicts likely to be reducing the group's productivity?

• A) Yes, because interpersonal conflicts always hurt a team's performance.
• B) No, because conflicts based on personal animosity rarely affect team operations.
• C) Yes, because task-related conflicts lead to poor team decisions.
• D) No, because task-related conflicts usually benefit the performance of a team.
• E) Yes, because disagreements about tasks usually lessen groupthink.

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Definitions:

Competitive

Characterized by rivalry, where individuals or groups vie to outperform each other to achieve a goal.

Act Utilitarianism

A ethical theory that posits the rightness or wrongness of an action is determined solely by its contribution to overall utility, measured by the amount of happiness or unhappiness it produces.

Truth Telling

The act of conveying information or expressions in an honest and accurate manner.

Utilitarians

Adherents of utilitarianism, a moral theory focusing on the consequences of actions and aiming for the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people.