Management 300 Ch 3

Ally's Applesauce is in the process of hiring 60 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? Competitors Legal-political Sociocultural Technological Labor market

Labor market

"Just Do It" is Nike's: ceremony. symbol. ritual. slogan. story.

Slogan

The people and organizations in the environment that acquire goods or services from the organization are: suppliers. the labor market. customers. employees. competitors.

Customers

Culture can be defined as the ability to speak different languages. True False

False

The general environment affects organizations directly. False True

False

The general environment affects organizations directly. True False

False

The task environment includes all elements that occur naturally on Earth, including plants, animals, rocks, and natural resources such as air, water, and climate. False True

False

The task environment includes all elements that occur naturally on Earth, including plants, animals, rocks, and natural resources such as air, water, and climate. True False

False

Current employees, management, and especially corporate culture are part of an organization's internal environment. False True

True

The sales representative at Robinson Jewelers who delivered a wedding ring directly to the church because the ring had been ordered late is an example of a hero. False True

True

Jefferson and Squire is an advertising firm that is viewed as having a fast-paced and posh corporate culture. The company uses bold coloring with expensive accents in all office décor. This exemplifies which level of corporate culture? Expressed values Deeply embedded values Visible artifacts None of these Underlying assumptions

Visible artifacts

The __________ dimension of the external environment represents events originating in foreign countries, as well as new opportunities for U.S. companies in other countries. global international economic national legal-political

international

When the Miami Herald launches a Spanish-language newspaper, El Nuevo Herald, with articles emphasizing Hispanic, Cuban, and Latin American news and sports, it is responding to changes in the __________ dimension of the general environment. technological sociocultural international economic natural

sociocultural

All of the following are part of an organization's general environment except: shifting social attitudes toward how products are made. an economic recession. changes in federal regulations. events that directly change day-to-day operations. new technology products.

an economic recession.