The General Environment Includes

question 14

Multiple Choice

The general environment includes

• A)opportunities and threats that are easier to identify and respond to than those in the task environment.
• B)the set of forces that originate with global suppliers, distributors, customers, and competitors.
• C)the wide-ranging global, technological, sociocultural, and political forces that affect organizations.
• D)the forces that have the most immediate effect on managers and their decisions.
• E)forces that have very little impact upon the performance of organizations.

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Definitions:

Discrimination

Unjust or prejudicial treatment of people based on characteristics such as race, age, sex, or disability.

Generalization

The process in which the effects of a learned behavior spread from the original situation to new situations or stimuli that are similar.

Shaping

A method used in behavioral psychology to gradually guide someone towards a desired behavior by reinforcing successive approximations of the target behavior.

Operant Conditioning

An approach to modifying behavior strength through the implementation of positive or negative feedback.