Visualize a small (6 person) IT project team that is given the task to re-design a company's enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. The members of the team are borrowed from different parts of the IT Department. For example, the database expert comes from the database "shop" and the tester is from the testing "shop." One team member - the specialist on the company's business process - comes from outside the IT department.
Which of Mintzberg's five structural types is this team most likely to reflect? Explain your rationale in detail and give another (non-project) example of where this structure is appropriate.