"My Direct Reports Will Be Petra as Marketing Manager, Mandi

"My direct reports will be Petra as marketing manager, Mandi as R&D manager, Bill as engineering manager, Buddy as projects manager, Hernando as procurement manager, and Carl as construction manager. We've worked together for years, and no one is better than these professionals. They will lead their respective subunit departments, work together in an integrated fashion, and support my business unit very effectively," said Bruce Edwards, Executive Vice President for Advanced Technologies. These people represent Bruce's

A) parallel team.
B) focus group.
C) traditional work group.
D) management team.
E) interest group.