The External Environment

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Strategic Management
Company Mission
Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics
The External Environment
The Global Environment
Internal Analysis
Long-Term Objectives and Strategies
Business Strategy
Multibusiness Strategy
Implementation
Organizational Structure
Leadership and Culture
Strategic Control
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Question 1

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The external environment can be divided into various interrelated subcategories:

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Remote, political, social

Remote, social, operational

Remote, industry, operating

Technological and social

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Question 2

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A firm's external environment includes a remote sector,industry sector and an operating sector.The remote sector includes which of the following categories?

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Political, technological, economic and social

Political, supplier power, economic and labor

State government, production, social and economic

Mission, company profile and competition

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Question 3

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The remote external environment includes:

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Creditors

Industry factors

Employee

Ecological factors

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Question 4

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The factors beyond the control of the firm that influence its choice of direction and action,organizational structure and internal processes refers to

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Directional strategies

External environment

Organizational processes

Internal environment

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Question 5

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The ______ environment compromises factors that originate beyond and usually irrespective of,any single firm's operating situation.

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Remote

Industry

Operating

Internal

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Question 6

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Supplier power is an example of a factor that falls within the _________ environment.

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Economic

Operating

Industry

Remote

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Question 7

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Technological factors are a part of a firm's ______ environment.

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Industry

Operating

Economic

Remote

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Question 8

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When we consider the level of disposable income,we are normally considering:

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Technological factors

Economic factors

Political factors

Social factors

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Question 9

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The considerations involving the beliefs,values,attitudes and opinions of those in a firm's environment represent the ______ .

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Social factors

Personal factors

Economic factors

Political factors

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Question 10

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One of the most profound social changes in recent years is:

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The decreased population

An increasing number of women in the workforce

The heavy reliability of children in the workforce

Increased education of U.S. citizens

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Question 11

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A profound social change in the recent years has been

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The accelerating interest of consumers and employers in quality of life issue

The decelerating interest of foreigners seeking jobs and immigrant status in the U.S.

The remarkably high placement of U.S. high school education in math and science in the world

The global warming effect

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Question 12

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Political factors define the ______ parameters within which firms must operate.

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Economic

Legal and regulatory

Global

Social and cultural

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Question 13

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Encompassed in political considerations is/are:

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Social values

Disposable income

Anti-trust laws

Age distribution

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Question 14

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Political activity may have a significant impact on which of the following governmental functions?

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Religious orientation

Customer function

Manufacturer function

Social changes

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Question 15

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Awareness of technological changes in its industry helps the firm to:

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Interpret new regulations

Act slowly and carefully

Exploit new markets

Forecast social change

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Question 16

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The quasi-science of anticipating environmental and competitive changes and estimating their importance to an organizations operation refers to

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Technological forecasting

Ecology

Industry environment

Operating environment

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Question 17

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The term ______ refers to the relationships among human beings and other living things and the air,soil and water that supports them.

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Pollution

Ecology

Operating environment

Remote environment

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Question 18

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Threats to life-supporting ecology caused principally by human activities is an industrial society are commonly referred to as

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Technology

Co-efficiency

Pollution

Product differentiation

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Question 19

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Business is now being held responsible for:

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Using only underground dumping sites

Cleaning up its previous environmental damage

Municipal sewer systems

Ensuring that a "thermal blanket" is created

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Question 20

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Which of these is NOT an example of a federal ecological legislation?

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Air Quality Act

Refuse Act

Occupational Safety and Health Act

Resource Recovery Act

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