Exam 2: The Managerial Environment

An organisation's suppliers influence the organisation's product and service quality, competitiveness and profitability.

Not-for-profit organisations _________.

The GFC is an example of a change in the economic dimension of the general environment.

The World Health Organization estimates that 300 million people worldwide are affected by _________.

The original source of an organisation's culture usually reflects the vision and attitudes of _________.

Which of the following statements about ethnicity and race is correct?

Organisational culture values are written down clearly in the company's strategy manifest, if it is strong.

Can global factors influence organisations directly?

Most economic systems cycle between capitalism and socialism.

A slow change rate in the environment indicates that it is unstable.

In a short essay, describe the sociocultural dimension of the general environment, and how it relates to managers.

In a society with high _________, you would expect members of a corporation to have a strong identification with the corporation.

Which activity do unions typically carry out?

In a short essay, describe a strong organisational culture, and provide one example for each managerial function of managerial decisions influenced by culture.

When resources are abundant, they increase environmental uncertainty.

Which of the following is an example of how language can unite members of an organisational culture?

Organisations function as open systems.

Managers today realise that long-term success is largely achieved by _________.

Briefly explain the nine cultural dimensions of GLOBE.

A change in the technological dimension of the general environment means all company production processes have to be changed.