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

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The general environment includes the wide-ranging global, economic, technological, sociocultural, demographic, political, and legal forces that affect the organization and its task environment. For the individual manager, opportunities and threats resulting from changes in the general environment are often more difficult to identify and respond to than are events in the task environment.

Which of the Following Is True of the General Environment