Question

Sherry, a sales representative, is placed in a group with an engineer from operations, a human resource specialist, and a financial manager to develop new uses for one of the company's existing products in order to increase sales. This group is aA. standing committee.B. task force.C. special project team.D. cross-functional team.E. multifaceted work group.

Answer 1

Letter D is correct. Cross-functional team.

Step-by-step explanation:

A multifunctional team is made up of employees from different functional areas with the objective of enhancing organizational results.

Problem solving and search for innovation are relevant characteristics when choosing to form a multifunctional team in a company, it is believed that each sector has ideas and solutions that together will increase the possibility of effectiveness in activities and processes, besides providing greater integration, collaborative sense of team and resolution of common goals, which consequently drives the results and the organizational revenue.