The best employees from the finance, research and development, marketing, and production departments of a company formed a team to formulate strategies to help the company deal with a financial crisis. The members identified all the problem areas in their respective departments and put forward unanimous solutions to resolve the issues. This team is an example of a(n)

A) cross-functional team
B) department team
C) traditional work group
D) employee involvement team

Alaska king crab fishing in the 1960s and '70s was a dangerous but rich fishery. boats from as far away as california and japan braved the treacherous gulf of alaska crossing to reach the abundant king crab beds in cook inlet and bristol bay. suddenly, in the early 1980s, the fishery crashed due to over fishing. all crabbing in those areas ended. to this day, there is no crabbing in bristol bay or cook inlet. a. how would an economist explain the decline of the alaska king crab fishery