A New Group (Scenario)
David had been away from his old company, Control Tech, for a while. He remembered that whenhe worked there 10 years ago, the company was very traditional and conservative. The lines ofauthority and responsibility were established and clear. It now felt ironic that he was managing theconsulting team that was going to help the organization become more group-oriented. In addition tothe traditional hierarchy, with a manager and subordinates, he saw a need to introduce teamscomprised of individuals from various work areas to help solve operational problems. He also feltthat, for certain projects, there could be groups that function essentially independently, even takingon traditional management responsibilities such as hiring, planning, and scheduling. Plus, he alsosaw real potential for special, temporary projects to be handled by groups that would disband oncethe task was completed.

 26. The temporary groups David talked about, created to achieve a special task and then disband,are known as ________.
(A) command groups
(B) self-managed teams
(C) task groups
(D) cross-functional teams