A large computer company was well known for the frequent debate among employees regarding various issues.Employees weren't afraid to disagree with their colleagues and to clearly argue their point.Although the discussions would sometimes get loud,employees never spoke angrily at each other and the discussants would always end the meeting in friendship.This computer company has many instances of:
A)task conflict
B)debating conflict
C)avoiding conflict management style
D)relationship conflict
E)positional conflict

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The employees' willingness to argue their point and engage in debate suggests that there is task conflict. Task conflict occurs when employees disagree on how to accomplish a specific task or goal, but they are focused on finding the best solution and are not attacking each other personally. The fact that they end the meeting in friendship suggests that there is not a significant amount of relationship conflict or positional conflict, which can be more destructive to workplace relationships. Avoiding conflict management style would suggest that the employees are not engaging in these debates at all, which is not the case here.

A Large Computer Company Was Well Known for the Frequent