There is misunderstanding among employees in the accounting department on who should do what activities what cases provided and identify what kind of conflict take place

Case 1

- Activities: Preparation of monthly financial statements
- Employees involved: Senior accountant and junior accountant
- Conflict: Senior accountant believes it is their responsibility to prepare the financial statements, while the junior accountant believes they should be given the opportunity to gain experience in this area.
- Type of conflict: Role conflict

Case 2

- Activities: Processing of purchase orders
- Employees involved: Two accounts payable clerks
- Conflict: One clerk is consistently behind on their work, causing a backlog of purchase orders. The other clerk is frustrated and feels they are having to do more than their fair share of the work.
- Type of conflict: Interdependence conflict

Case 3

- Activities: Review of internal controls
- Employees involved: Internal auditor and accounting manager
- Conflict: The internal auditor believes certain internal controls are not effective, while the accounting manager disagrees and believes the controls are sufficient.
- Type of conflict: Goal conflict

Case 4

- Activities: Preparation of tax returns
- Employees involved: Tax accountant and tax preparer
- Conflict: The tax accountant is very detail-oriented and often makes small changes to the tax returns prepared by the tax preparer. The tax preparer is frustrated and feels that the tax accountant is micromanaging them.
- Type of conflict: Relationship conflict