Joe,a production engineer at Freestone Tires,has recently been assigned to a team of specialists from other areas,such as marketing and finance.His semi-permanent assignment to this team has produced several new products.Joe enjoys this work environment,in part because Freestone's management has given the team the freedom and flexibility to make decisions.An interesting development has been the inclusion of "outsiders" from Freestone's major distributors and suppliers on the team.It appears that Joe's team is a(n):
A)self-managed team.
B)multidivisional group think-tank.
C)multi-modal product development team.
D)interfunctional matrix organization.

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Joe's team is a self-managed team because it has the autonomy to make decisions and includes members from various functions and even external partners, which is characteristic of self-managed teams.

Joe,a Production Engineer at Freestone Tires,has Recently Been Assigned to a Team