Strato Engineering (Scenario)Strato Engineering, a technology product company, formed a team (Team 1) to develop the next generation of the company's model CVF-D. The team is composed of the product development manager, chief engineer, director of procurement, human resource director, marketing research director, cost analysis director, operations director, and the four highest-dollar project vendors. The preliminary projection for the lifetime of the team is expected to be 2 years due to the level of technology involved in the product. Another team (Team 2) has also been established recently to solve a new problem with an industrial adhesive used by the firm. There are three members in this team: installer, engineer, and sales representative for the adhesive manufacturer, but the team
does not have a specific leader. It is anticipated that it will require about 2 weeks to solve the problem. A third team (Team 3) has been working together for 4 years, implementing modifications to the company's current model CVF-C. None of the members of this team are at the same location. They utilize a variety of graphic-electronic technologies to view the product onscreen in three-dimension at each location simultaneously.Team 2, which is working on the adhesive problem, can be called a ________ team.
A. divisional
B. self-managed
C. virtual
D. functional
Answer: B
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