Hi,
In one my past job, I worked in a “Self directed cross functional team”, which I enjoyed and saw as having many advantages.This included creativity, such as each member offering an alternative perspective to the problem and potential solution to the task. However, without a good coach or leader, these team can easily fail if consensus is not reached on any decision within a project.
I currently work in the a Matrix organization, which is typical in most companies today. There are multiple project running at once, involving multiple departments and each employee are direct reports, plus they have a project manager which they are report to for each project.