In what way does the task environment differ from the general environment?

Threats in the general environment are easier to respond to than threats in the task environment.Unlike the general environment, the task environment includes the global, economic, sociocultural, political, and legal forces that affect an organization.Forces in the task environment have a more immediate and direct effect on managers than forces in the general environment.Unlike the task environment, the general environment deals with conditions that affect an organization's ability to obtain inputs and dispose of outputs.Opportunities in the task environment are less easy to identify than opportunities in the general environment.