Marketing and Sales don't work together—they are siloed. The word has a negative connotation—and for good reason. Cross-functional teams tend to be more agile, and nearly two-thirds of market ...

Though the data privacy function is relatively new, it faces an old challenge: How can privacy prove its value to the ...

Jon Bircher outlines seven recommendations to get the most from all company functions and ensure optimal brand planning. As more and more organisations have moved to cross-functional and cross ...

Poor or ineffective cross-functional communication and cross-functional team leadership can quickly undermine productivity and create a number of problems for people working in a matrix environment.

While the term fusion teams may suit the sharp-suited management consultants with their painfully inflated hourly charges, we could just call these work units cross-functional teams. Cross ...

Oliva, Rogelio, and Noel Watson. "Cross-Functional Alignment in Supply Chain Planning: A Case Study of Sales and Operations Planning." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-001, July 2006.

The Cross-in-Tray function has multiple global minima. It is shown here with a smaller domain in the second plot, so that its characteristic "cross" will be visible.