The Best Employees from the Finance, Research and Development, Marketing

question 108

Multiple Choice

The best employees from the finance, research and development, marketing, and production departments of a company formed a team to formulate strategies to help the company deal with a financial crisis. The members identified all the problem areas in their respective departments and put forward unanimous solutions to resolve the issues. This team is an example of a(n) _____.

• A) cross-functional team
• B) department team
• C) traditional work group
• D) employee involvement team

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Definitions:

Situational

Pertaining to or dependent upon the specific circumstances, context, or environment in which an event or action occurs.

Social Prescriptions

Non-medical remedies recommended to improve health and wellbeing, often involving social, physical, or community-based activities.

Stable

Characterized by consistency, reliability, and lack of significant change or fluctuation over time.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to overestimate the impact of personal disposition and underestimate the role of situational factors in explaining other people's behavior.