Question

Within the manufacturing plant of Reliable Garment Production Co., a company that makes clothing for many of the top fashion labels, there is a great deal of conflict. The employees who assemble the garments are extremely frustrated. They are rarely able to meet their daily production quotas because the employees who cut the fabricare almost always running behind schedule. Which of the following is the most likely source of this conflict?
a. Differentiation in orientations
b. Sequential interdependence
c. Competition for limited resources
d. Reciprocal interdependence

Answer 1

Answer:

b. Sequential interdependence

Explanation:

Sequential interdependence occurs when the output or work of one department is necessary for the performance of another department.

So a delay in output in one department leads to lack of work by the second department.

This is the case in the given instance where the employees who assemble the garments are rarely able to meet their daily production quotas because the employees who cut the fabricare almost always running behind schedule.