A production manager agrees in a meeting to modify an order for the sales department, but then ignores the request later because of the ongoing conflict between the two departments. This passive aggressive type of behavior occurs in which stage of Pondy's model of organizational conflict?

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Manifest conflict refers to the stage where the conflict becomes visible through actions and behaviors. In this case, the production manager's behavior of initially agreeing to modify the order but later ignoring the request reflects manifest conflict.

A Production Manager Agrees in a Meeting to Modify an Order