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Define the organizational task environment.List the four things this environment includes that could influence an organization.

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The task environment include the sectors...

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Ally's Applesauce is in the process of hiring sixty new workers.The personnel department has a large pool of unskilled labor to draw from due to the high unemployment rate in the local area.Which dimension of the external environment is involved here?

A) Sociocultural
B) Competitors
C) Technological
D) Labor market
E) Legal-political

F) A) and C)
G) C) and D)

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When an organization pays little attention to either cultural values or business results,it is unlikely to survive for long.

The ____ represents people in the environment who can be hired to work for the organization.

Scientific and technological advancements in a specific industry as well as in society at large are included in which general environment dimension?

Companies in Quadrant D put high emphasis on both culture and solid business performance as drivers of organizational success.

The ____________________ dimension includes government regulations at the local,state,and federal levels.

The external ____________________ includes all elements existing outside the boundary of the organization that have the potential to affect the organization.

Factors external to the organizations have been primarily the focus of management as a discipline.

The general environment dimension that includes consumer purchasing power,the unemployment rate,and interest rates is called the

Economic problems in other parts of the world have a tremendous impact on U.S.companies.

The ____________________ dimension of the general environment includes scientific and technological advancements in a specific industry and in society.

____ plays a key role in creating an organizational climate that enables learning and innovative responses to threats from the external environment,challenging new opportunities,or organizational crises.

A slogan is a phrase or sentence that succinctly expresses a key corporate value.

Other organizations in the same industry or type of business that provide goods or services to the same set of customers are referred to as suppliers.

When environmental factors change rapidly,the organization experiences ____________________ uncertainty.

Integrated Computers,Inc.wants to compile a profile of the customer it will target in its next promotional mailing.What environment would this be found in?

List the four categories of culture and describe what kind of environments each fit best in.

Name one of the two dimensions that organizations with high-performance cultures emphasize.

The sociocultural dimension of the general environment includes societal norms and values.