Table 8.3 Management Is Considering the Implementation of Teams in the Company

question 90

Multiple Choice

Table 8.3
Management is considering the implementation of teams in the company. Several issues come up during the initial discussion. First, should the teams be permanent or established simply for specific projects and terminated when the project is completed? Second, do we want self-managing teams, supervisor led teams, or a mix? Third issue, do we want teams within departments or should we use some cross-functional teams? The discussion concludes with a fourth issue, do we want teams focused on improving our processes or simply accomplishing the work we are already doing?
-Refer to Table 8.3. The first issue discussed by the team is dealing with the ________ dimension of teams.

• A) time
• B) authority structure
• C) degree of autonomy
• D) purpose or mission

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