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

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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 for variation $4$ of the question.

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

Laws such as the Affordable Care Act and technologies such as mobile apps are components of CVS Health$$s $,$ while the company$$s customers are not.

Mighty Leaf Tea Company and Bigelow Tea are restaurants and cafeterias, providing tea in attractive display options that these retail establishments then use to sell tea to their customers.

A trend has been for states to increase their minimum wage, and at the beginning of $2014,13$ states raised the minimum amount employers may pay most workers. The change in these regulations and the ongoing advocacy for more such changes is part of the of the general environment.

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.

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General Environment Dimension

IsraAID is an Israeli humanitarian organization which sent volunteers to northwest Florida immediately after Hurricane Michael.

Fox News projected that Hurricane Michael would cause $$30$ billion in damage over the course of its run.

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.