PoM 2019: Chapter 6

E. (It is the set of forces that originate with global suppliers, distributors, customers, and competitors.)

1. Which of the following is true about the task environment? A. It includes the wide-ranging global, technological, sociocultural, and political forces that affect organizations. B. It contains the forces that have the least immediate effect on managers and their decisions. C. It contains opportunities and threats that are harder to identify than those in the general environment. D. It is a framework of environmental policies that dictate the CSR policies of global organiza- tions. E. It is the set of forces that originate with global suppliers, distributors, customers, and competitors.

B. (Forces in the task environment have a more immediate and direct effect on managers than forces in the general environment.)

2. In what way does the task environment differ from the general environment? A. Threats in the general environment are easier to respond to than threats in the task environ- ment. B. Forces in the task environment have a more immediate and direct effect on managers than forces in the general environment. C. Opportunities in the task environment are less easy to identify than opportunities in the gen- eral environment. D. Unlike the task environment, the general environment deals with conditions that affect an or- ganization's ability to obtain inputs and dispose of outputs. E. Unlike the general environment, the task environment includes the global, economic, soci- ocultural, political, and legal forces that affect an organization.

B. (potential competitor.)

3. An organization that is not presently in a task environment but has the resources to enter if it so chooses is called a A. potential supplier. B. potential competitor. C. distributor. D. supplier. E. competitor.

A. (the easier it is to keep prices high.)

4. The more difficult it is to enter the task environment A. the easier it is to keep prices high. B. the lower is the barrier to entry. C. the harder it is to obtain customers. D. the more competitors an organization faces. E. the less expensive it is to enter the industry.