Management 9th Edition By Richard L – Test Bank

Management 9th Edition By Richard L – Test Bank

Chapter 3—The Environment and Corporate Culture

TRUE/FALSE

1. Mattel managers moved swiftly to reassure parents and customers after having to recall nearly 850,000 of its most popular toys because of lead paint.

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 63

NAT: AACSB Analytic | Environmental Influence TYP: F

2. Factors external to the organizations have been primarily the focus of management as a discipline.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 64

NAT: AACSB Analytic | Environmental Influence TYP: F

3.The general environment and the task environment are the two layers of an organization’s external environment.

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 64

NAT: AACSB Analytic | Environmental Influence TYP: F

4. The outer layer, the general environment, is widely dispersed and affects organizations directly.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 64

NAT: AACSB Analytic | Environmental Influence TYP: F

5. To be effective, managers must monitor and respond to the environment — a closed-systems view.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 64

NAT: AACSB Analytic | Environmental Influence TYP: F

6. Customers and competitors are two important sectors of the economic dimension of a firm’s general environment.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 65

NAT: AACSB Analytic | Environmental Influence TYP: F

7. Current employees, management, and especially corporate culture are part of an organization’s internal environment.

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 65

NAT: AACSB Analytic | Environmental Influence TYP: F

8. The international dimension of the external environment represents events originating in foreign countries as well as opportunities for U.S. companies in other countries.

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 65

NAT: AACSB Analytic | Environmental Influence TYP: F