Mel is a production engineer at Felco Tires. He recently joined a team of specialists from other departments in the business, such as marketing and finance. This long$-$term team assignment has developed several new products. Mel enjoys working in this environment, partly because Felco's management has given the team the freedom and flexibility to make decisions. Recently, outsiders from Felco's major distributors and suppliers have been included on the team. It appears that Mel's team is a$($n$)$

multi$-$modal product development team.

cross$-$functional self$-$managed team.

multidivisional group think$-$tank$.$

interfunctional matrix organization.