A production department in a company has been experiencing ...

[Kthamas]

A production department in a company has been experiencing several production problems for the past few months.
 
  When production managers investigate, they discover that materials management always buys inputs from the lowest-cost sources of supply and makes no attempt to develop the kind of long-term relationships with suppliers that can raise the quality and reliability of inputs. At which stage of Pondy's model of organizational conflict is the company in?
  A) latent conflict
  B) perceived conflict
  C) conflict aftermath
  D) manifest conflict

Question 2

Which of the following statements is true regarding the perceived conflict stage of Pondy's model of organizational conflict?
 
  A) It is the first stage in Pondy's model of organizational conflict.
  B) This stage comes immediately after the manifest conflict stage.
  C) At this stage conflict is resolved in a way that leaves subunits feeling cooperative.
  D) The felt conflict stage comes immediately after this stage.

[manuelcastillo]

Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

D

[Kthamas]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[dyrone]

Excellent