Sam Is the Sales Manager at Allied Manufacturing

Multiple Choice

Sam is the sales manager at Allied Manufacturing.The company makes a wide variety of shoes.The problem is that Sam will call on his customers,get large orders for certain styles and sizes of shoes,and then the company can't fill the orders.Sam is so angry with Phil,who runs Allied's production lines that he can hardly speak."Phil" Sam said,"Why can't you just make plenty of these shoes so that our orders can always be filled?" Phil,of course had his own point of view."I'll tell you why," Phil said."It would cost the company so much that we couldn't afford to pay YOU!!" "Now get off my factory floor!" Phil and Sam could best be described as having a(n)

A) emotional breakdown.
B) individual-level conflict.
C) organizational conflict.
D) psychological conflict.
E) external conflict.