The management team felt that the product development team was working too slowly so they hired more people. Three months later, the management team was frustrated because product development was still slow. That's when they realized that the team was slow because manufacturing wasn't able to produce prototypes. What did the management team fail to recognize in the organizational diagnosis?
A) ethical considerations should be taken into account
B) outside vendors should be taken into consideration
C) organizational diagnosis requires rewards
D) a diagnosis represents the symptoms

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The management team failed to recognize that a diagnosis represents the symptoms and may not accurately identify the root cause of the problem. They assumed that the issue was with the product development team and hired more people, without realizing that the bottleneck was in manufacturing.

The Management Team Felt That the Product Development Team Was