Joe, a Production Engineer at Freestone Tires, Recently Joined a Team

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Multiple Choice

Joe, a production engineer at Freestone Tires, recently joined a team of specialists from other areas, such as marketing and finance. His long-term 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. A recent development is the inclusion of outsiders from Freestone's major distributors and suppliers on the team. It appears that Joe'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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