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:

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