Which of the following statements is true regarding heavyweight team leaders?
A) Heavyweight team leaders are not given control over human, financial, and functional resources.
B) As compared to a lightweight team leader, a heavyweight team leader has less ability to assemble a cross-functional team with the skills needed to develop a successful new product.
C) Heavyweight team leaders can acquire resources only after they have obtained a permission from the appropriate functional heads and they cannot override the wishes of the functional heads.
D) Heavyweight team leaders often function as product champions.
Question 2
A ________ is a task force, a temporary team that is created to expedite new product design and to promote innovation by coordinating the activities of functional groups.
Typically, this team operates at a separate facility, at a location isolated from the rest of the organization.
A) workers' union
B) kaizen group
C) skunk works
D) quality circle
Question 3
Which of the following statements is true regarding skunk works?
A) A skunk works assumes full responsibility for the commercialization of the new product and for achieving the desired profit targets.
B) A skunk works is a team of employees working in the finance department in an organization who look after the financial viability of the new product.
C) A skunk works is dissolved when the product is brought to market.
D) A skunk works is a team in an organization that is responsible for quality control.
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