E-Lab (the "E" stands for experience)has project teams perform field research for its clients. Project teams at E-Lab have designed a new over-the-counter cold medicine by studying the process of how people get sick;they have helped create a new station wagon for a major carmaker;and they have helped backpack maker JanSport to design a completely new way of displaying its products in sporting goods stores. Which of the following likely characterizes E-Lab's project teams?
A)The teams are composed of employees from the same functional area.
B)The teams are created to complete ongoing continuous projects.
C)Team members are led by various departmental managers.
D)Team members are flexible in their ability to move to another project.

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E-Lab (the "E" stands for experience)has project teams perform field research for its clients. Project teams at E-Lab have designed a new over-the-counter cold medicine by studying the process of how people get sick;they have helped create a new station wagon for a major carmaker;and they have helped backpack maker JanSport to design a completely new way of displaying its products in sporting goods stores. Which of the following likely characterizes E-Lab's project teams?
A)The teams are composed of employees from the same functional area. 
B)The teams are created to complete ongoing continuous projects. 
C)Team members are led by various departmental managers. 
D)Team members are flexible in their ability to move to another project.

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The fact that E-Lab project teams have worked on diverse projects such as cold medicine, car design, and retail displays suggests that team members are flexible in their ability to move to another project. This indicates that the teams are not composed of employees from the same functional area and are not created to complete ongoing continuous projects. There is no indication that team members are led by various departmental managers.

E-Lab (The "E" Stands for Experience)has Project Teams Perform Field