Increasing inventories between sequential work units tends to reduce potential conflict by:
A)reducing resource scarcity.
B)reducing differentiation.
C)increasing the required level of communication between employees in sequential units.
D)reducing ambiguity in resource allocation.
E)reducing task interdependence.

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Buffers such as inventories between people in an assembly line would reduce the employee interdependence because each employee is less dependent in the short term on the previous person along that line.This could reduce the chances of conflicts.

Increasing Inventories Between Sequential Work Units Tends to Reduce Potential