Salespeople at Widget Ltd

Multiple Choice

Salespeople at Widget Ltd. complain that they lose sales bonuses when the production department is out of stock of a particular item. This sometimes causes customers to buy elsewhere rather than wait for the next production run. Meanwhile, production employees complain that salespeople don't appreciate the need to minimize inventory costs, for which production staffs are rewarded. This is mainly an example of conflict due to:

A) ambiguity.
B) communication problems.
C) pooled task interdependence.
D) goal incompatibility.
E) differentiation.