A Major Game Software Firm Experienced Conflict Between the Young

Multiple Choice

A major game software firm experienced conflict between the young Internet-savvy employees who designed the games and the older computer-illiterate executives who ran the company. The company hired coordinators who could work with the executives but were computer literate and therefore respected by the development staff members. By hiring these coordinators as liaisons between the executives and employees, the company would:

A) reduce conflict by clarifying rules and procedures.
B) reduce conflict by creating superordinate goals.
C) reduce conflict by using integrators.
D) increase conflict by increasing task interdependence.
E) increase conflict between developers and executives by reducing communication.