Refer to the Scenario Below to Answer the Following Questions

question 49

Multiple Choice

Refer to the scenario below to answer the following questions.
Environmental Uncertainty (Scenario)
It is safe to say that managers do not have complete control over organizational outcomes; the environment has a significant impact. It is important for managers to learn both what the components of the environment are and how the environment will affect their organizations.
-To help managers understand how the environment affects their organizations, the environmental uncertainty matrix sorts industries into four cells based on two dimensions: degree of __________ and degree of __________.

• A) change; flexibility
• B) change; complexity
• C) complexity; risk
• D) complexity; impact
• E) impact; uncertainty

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Definitions:

PERT Analysis

Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) analysis is a project management tool used to plan, schedule, and control complex activities, focusing on task durations to identify minimum project duration.

Weighted Average

A calculation that takes into account the varying degrees of importance of the numbers in a dataset, assigning weights to each number.

Expected Time

The estimated time assumed for the completion of a task or project, often used in planning and scheduling.

Optimistic

A mindset or attitude that tends to expect the most favorable outcomes of situations or believes that good ultimately predominates over evil in the world.