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Strategic partnerships are collaborative relationships between two or more organizations in which they combine their resources and capabilities for some business purpose.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Briefly describe the characteristics of cross-functional teams and task forces.
 
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Answer to Question 1

Answer: TRUE

Answer to Question 2

Answer: When managers believe that collaboration among employees is needed for more coordinated and integrated work efforts, they can use several different structural options. Some of the more popular include cross-functional teams and task forces. Cross-functional teams are work teams composed of individuals from various functional specialties. When a cross-functional team is formed, team members are brought together to collaborate on resolving mutual problems that affect the respective functional areas. Ideally, the artificial boundaries that separate functions disappear and the team focuses on working together to achieve organizational goals.
A task force, also called an ad hoc committee, is a temporary committee or team formed to tackle a specific short-term problem affecting several departments. The temporary nature of a task force is what differentiates it from a cross-functional team. Task force members usually perform many of their normal work tasks while serving on the task force. However, the members of a task force must collaborate to resolve the issue that's been assigned to them. When the issue or problem is solved, the task force is no longer needed and members return to their regular assignments.



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