Identify each of the following conflicts as interpersonal, structural, or strategic.

a. The production department’s goal is to make parts faster, and the quality control department wants slower production to reduce the rate of defects.

b. The new salesperson in a company’s sales force wanted to learn his job quickly, so he identified the region’s top performer and frequently sends text messages to the veteran salesperson. However, that salesperson sees the texts as an annoying interruption that could hurt her own performance, so she ignores most of the texts.

c. One cashier at a supermarket is much older than the others, and he does not spend much time talking to them. The other cashiers criticize him for not being a team player.