Question

The Vice President of Biomedics is trying to decide on the composition of a new product development team. If she chooses members who are from multiple functional areas in the firm, which of the following is likely to be one of the disadvantages she is likely to experience?a. Increase in instances of whistle-blowingb. Increase in communication and coordination costsc. Lesser cross-fertilization of ideasd. Lesser instances of social loafing

Answer 1

Answer:

b. Increase in communication and coordination costs

Explanation:

Based on the information provided within the question it can be said that she will likely experience a disadvantage with an Increase in communication and coordination costs. This is mainly due to the fact that those individuals are already used to communicating and coordinating with their teams in a very specific way that they have developed through months of working together. By putting members from different divisions together they have to learn how to coordinate with one another which will take time and money.