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CMA Foundation · Fundamentals of Business Economics and Management · Communication, Co-ordination, Collaboration, Monitoring and Control

A Pune manufacturing firm sets up a cross-functional team of production, purchase and finance staff to cut material wastage. The main collaboration benefit expected from this team is:

The main benefit is pooling diverse expertise. Production, purchase and finance staff each see wastage differently, so combining their views gives broader analysis and better solutions. Such a team does not remove supervision, change authority levels, or guarantee staff reductions.

  1. AElimination of the need for any supervision
  2. BPooling of diverse expertise so that problems are viewed from several anglesCorrect
  3. CAutomatic increase in the authority of the finance manager
  4. DGuaranteed reduction in the number of employees

Explanation

A cross-functional team brings together different specialisations, so problems are examined from several perspectives and solutions are better. It does not remove supervision, shift authority to finance, or guarantee job cuts.

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