Previously, teams in one engineering department designed new products whereas teams in another engineering department designed the manufacturing process for those products. The two departments were constantly complaining about the other department, so the company combined them. Now, both the product design and manufacturing process for that product are engineered by one team. Combining these two groups of tasks has potentially reduced conflict by: eventually increasing differentiation among engineers in those new teams. increasing the budget and many other resources. applying the avoiding style of conflict handling. clarifying rules and procedures between different groups. reducing task interdependence