During an Interview with One Team Member, You Learn That

Multiple Choice

During an interview with one team member, you learn that several members of the team have had conflicts regarding the content of a task to which the team was recently assigned. Are these conflicts likely to be reducing the group's productivity?

A) Yes, because interpersonal conflicts always hurt a team's performance.
B) No, because conflicts based on personal animosity rarely affect team operations.
C) Yes, because task-related conflicts lead to poor team decisions.
D) No, because task-related conflicts usually benefit the performance of a team.
E) Yes, because disagreements about tasks usually lessen groupthink.