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A manufacturer replaces its supervisor-led assembly line with teams that plan their own work schedules, allocate tasks, and take responsibility for quality, with managers acting only as coaches. Which statement is most accurate about this arrangement?

This is a self-managed team. Members plan their own work, allocate tasks and take responsibility for quality, with managers acting as coaches. It raises autonomy and motivation but requires broad skills and genuine accountability from members, while management still monitors results.

  1. AIt is a self-managed team, which typically increases member autonomy but requires members to have broad skills and accept accountabilityCorrect
  2. BIt is a functional team, which removes the need for any managerial oversight of outcomes
  3. CIt is a virtual team, because members work without direct supervision
  4. DIt is a project team, because it has a fixed end date

Explanation

Teams that plan, allocate and control their own work are self-managed. This raises autonomy and motivation but demands multi-skilling and accountability. Lack of supervision does not make a team virtual, and nothing indicates a fixed end date, so the project team option fails. Management still monitors outcomes.

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