How is conflict related to performance? A) As conflict levels ...

[Collmarie]

How is conflict related to performance?
 
  A) As conflict levels rise, performance levels rise along with them.
  B) Performance increases with conflict up to a point, then conflict causes performance to fall.
  C) The more conflict in an organization, the lower the performance levels.
  D) Conflict is unrelated to employee performance unless the conflict is due to scarcity of resources.

Question 2

The publicity department of a book publisher was recently publicly praised in a company-wide meeting for their integral part in making the company's latest bestseller a success.
 
  A few days after the company meeting, one of the company's managing editors noticed that it was taking the publicity department longer than normal to get back to her critical request for the an author's schedule on an upcoming publicity tour. The managing editor is upset by this delay because in the past, publicity has always been prompt in their response. Which of the following is the MOST LIKELY cause for publicity's delayed response?
  A) task interdependence
  B) incompatible evaluation systems
  C) differences in functional orientations
  D) status inconsistencies

[shailee]

Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

D