"Cynthia, I don't think that your team is quite ready to have independent decision-making authority from 'top to bottom.' I will give you and your team authority to carry out major production activities, but I want you to still rely upon outside support for certain tasks, for example, quality control and maintenance." Cynthia's team will be a(n)
A) quality circle.
B) semiautonomous group.
C) autonomous group.
D) self-designing team.
E) parallel team.

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Cynthia's team is not fully autonomous, as they still rely on outside support for some tasks. Therefore, they are a semiautonomous group.

"Cynthia, I Don't Think That Your Team Is Quite Ready