1. GROUP 17

2. Discuss The External Environmental Forces In Terms Of The Task Environment That Pressure And Influence Managers On An Ongoing Daily Basis

3. Characteristics of the Environment Composition of the Environment
Business Environment
Characteristics of the Environment
Composition of the Environment

4. Components of the Task Environment

5. Business Environment Characteristics
Factors that have the potential to influence a firms operations
Characteristics
Interrelatedness
Environmental uncertainties
Increasing instability
Complexity of the environment

6. Composition of the Environment
Internal environment
Set of factors within a firm’s boundary and have influence on the firms operations
External environment
Set of factors outside a firm’s boundary and can affect the firms operations

7. External Environment Compositions
General environment
They are widely dispersed factors and indirectly affects the operations of a firm
Task environment
Embodies the closest elements that have direct influence on firms decision making

8. FORCES OF THE TASK ENVIRONMENT
Competitors
Individuals or firms who provide similar or same products or are in the same industry and compete for labor, customers, suppliers and others
Customers
Individuals or firms that patronize a firm’s products or services. They have different level of satisfaction and varying needs.

9. FORCES OF THE TASK ENVIRONMENT Employee Organizations
Suppliers
Individuals or firms that provide a firm with input to be converted into output
Employee Organizations
They request for employees better working conditions like employee’s job security
Labor Market
Context within which buyers and sellers of labor comes together to fix price for labor

10. FORCES OF THE TASK ENVIRONMENT Government Regulators
Local Communities
It’s where a firm is sited and operates. The firm operates within their rules and customs
Government Regulators
Include government agencies that regulate management activities
Distributors
Individuals or firms that make a firm’s product available to customers

11. FORCES OF THE TASK ENVIRONMENT Financial Institutions
They provide the organization with capital and financial advices
Mass Media
Involves the press, radio and TV stations that can create good or bad of a firm’s product image
Interest Groups
They are organized groups with the aim or who attempt to influence a firm’s activities

12. SUMMARY
To sum it up, the task environment embodies those elements of the external environment that are closest to the organization and directly influence and pressure the basic operations and performance of organizations. The impact of the forces of the task environment are felt without any intervening events or variables.