Question

The functional leaders at a tech company all agree that one of their best-performing products needs a new feature, but they can’t agree on how to measure its success. Marketing sees it as an opportunity to expand the company’s market share. Finance is focused on improving the business’s margins. And the engineers on the team care about developing something cool that integrates the latest technology.

What type of conflict is this?

a. Process Conflict

b. Status Conflict

c. Task Conflict

d. Relationship Conflict

Answer 1

Ans. The conflict here is the creative Idea Conflict, which is a conflict that is actually an excellent opportunity to make the idea even better. Each department here is trying to achieve excellence in their respective area. If two individuals were disagreeing on a project idea, they could talk to each other and cooperatively decide on one idea or the other. They could also look for compromise so both ideas can shine through while producing an even better outcome spawning from the collaboration.