Proteus, a hotel chain, has bought some new kitchen appliances that would enable its kitchen staff to work more effectively. The senior management of the hotel assigns the task of removal of old appliances and installation of new appliances to the respective manager of the food and beverage department in each of its hotels. The manager assembles a team from within the department to perform this task. This scenario exemplifies _____.
A) projectitis
B) functional project organization
C) scope creep
D) pure project organization
E) systems engineering

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This scenario exemplifies a functional project organization, where a project is assigned within a functional unit (in this case, the food and beverage department) and the team is assembled from within that department to work on the project.

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