Jarvis is a production engineer at Rubber Ring Tires. He recently joined a team of specialists from other departments in the business, such as marketing and finance. This long-term team assignment has developed several new products. Jarvis enjoys working in this environment, partly because Rubber Ring's management has given the team the freedom and flexibility to make decisions. Recently, outsiders from Freestone's major distributors and suppliers have been included on the team. It appears that Jarvis's team is a(n)
A) interfunctional matrix organization.
B) multidivisional group think-tank.
C) multi-modal product development team.
D) cross-functional self-managed team.

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A cross-functional team consists of specialists from different areas who work together on a long-term basis (as opposed to the temporary nature of teams in a matrix organization). These teams can include customers, suppliers, and distributors. When they are empowered to make decisions on their own, they are called self-managed teams.

Jarvis Is a Production Engineer at Rubber Ring Tires