$1.$ General and task environments $($Connect$,$ Perform$)$

The following diagram is missing three key terms. Please label the missing terms.

This chart shows the dimensions of the organization's general, task, and internal environments. From Daft$/$Marcic$,$ Understanding Management $10$e$,$ Chapter $2.$ LO $2-1$: Define an organizational ecosystem and how the general and task environments affect an organization's ability to thrive. This version is variation $1$ of the question.

A$.$Competitors

B$.$Employees

C$.$Legal$/$Political

Use your understanding of terminology used to describe the business environment to complete the following sentences.

At the social media company NetApp, the culture emphasizes teamwork, and managers and employees have rooftop meetings. All of these are elements of the $.$

Worldwide, a shortage of health care workers is expected; supply and demand of these workers is one aspect of the $.$

As part of thinking about the $,$ managers track the Consumer Price Index, manufacturing and retail inventory levels, and consumer confidence measures.

Management in the News

In October $2018,$ Hurricane Michael slammed into Florida, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. The Category $4$ storm was the largest storm to hit the United States since Hurricane Andrew in $1992.$ With winds of $155$ miles per hour, the hurricane virtually destroyed Mexico Beach, Florida, and then travelled northeast, becoming an extratropical cyclone when it reached the Mid$-$Atlantic coast.

Match each Hurricane Michael event with a specific dimension of the general environment.

Event

General Environment Dimension

Governor Nathan Deal of Georgia signed a legislative package that granted $$270$ million to state agencies and local governments that were affected by Michael. The package also gives the timber industry a tax credit for expenses they incurred during the hurricane.

People moved from Florida to northern states such as Michigan to avoid future hurricanes.

Police used thermal imaging cameras to try to detect body heat of people who might be trapped in ruined buildings.