The House of SHAN is a swimwear manufacturer based in Laval, Quebec. Designer Chantal Levesque has created a unique look for these pieces, which retail for as much as $$550$ each. In fact, The House of SHAN has boutiques in Miami and the Hamptons. When managers asked their foreign distributors about the perceived need to outsource production and reduce costs, the distributors rejected that idea flatly$$because other brands demonstrated more quality issues than the House of SHAN's pieces.

The manufacturer is divided into three teams, all building on the corporate culture of talent, performance, and passion: a creation team, a production team, and a management team. Within the first two teams, the structure is quite flat, allowing craftspeople to work together to produce the innovative and high$-$quality garments the brand is known for. Nearly all the craftspeople are multi$-$skilled and capable of working at multiple roles within the team.

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Refer to Narrative $9-1.$ Which of the following BEST describes The House of SHAN's teams?

Question $30$ options:

a$)$

they are a virtual team

b$)$

they are employee$-$involvement groups

c$)$

they are semi$-$autonomous work teams

d$)$

they are self$-$designing teams