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Q: Manager Self-Service is the use of software and the corporate network to automate paper-based human resource processes that require a manager's approval, record-keeping, or input, and processes that support the manager's job. The process of analyzing the tasks necessary for the production of a product or service, prior to allocating and assigning these tasks to a particular job category or person. HR ch. 4 26 terms 3. Briefly describe the task environment and its four primary sectors. ANSWER: The task environment is the portion of the external environment that directly influences the organization's operations and performance. The task environment is made up of customers, competitors, suppliers, and the labor market. These sectors typically conduct day-to-day transactions with the organization. Level: 2 Page: 88-89 Statement (I) pertains to the mega environment of a firm and hence is not true. Statement (IV) is not true as a firm may not be able to directly influence its mega environment, but it can certainly influenceits task environment. Upvote (2) Downvote Reply (0) Report. Increasing the # of tasks a worker performs, with all of the tasks at the same level of responsibility. Different than Job Enrichment since it is not increasing the level of responsibility. Good for victims of job burnout. Factors external to the organizations have been primarily the focus of management as a discipline. Answer: False Level: 2 Page: 82 Type: F. 3. The two layers of an organization's external environment are the general environment and the task environment. Answer: True Level: 1 Page: 82 Type: F. 4. The outer layer, the general environment, is widely dispersed and affects organizations directly. Answer: False Level: 1 Page: 83 Type: F. 5. Two important sectors of the economic dimension of a firm's general environment are customers and competitors. Answer: False Level: 2 Page: 83 Type: F. 6. Current employees, management, and especially corporate culture are part of an organization's internal environment. As few as one, like a President, or as many as say, 75, which might be the case with machine operators in a large firm. One is the minimum but the maximum has no practical limit. The job exists, NOT as the job should exist. Most often that duty is assigned to industrial engineers, methods analysts, or others. Briefly describe the task environment and its four primary sectors answer: The task environment is the portion of the external environment that directly influences the organization's operations and performance. The task environment is made up of customers, competitors, suppliers, and the labor market. III. As it depends largely on the products and services offered by the firm and its business location, it may vary from firm to firm. IV. While a firm may not be able to directly influence its task environment, it can certainly influence its mega environment. A process of determining the specific tasks to be performed, the methods used in performing these tasks, and how the job relates to other work in an organization. Query: how is a firm's task environment different quizlet
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The task environment is the portion of the external environment that directly influences the organization's operations and performance. The task environment is made up of customers, competitors, suppliers, and the labor market. These sectors typically conduct day-to-day transactions with the organization.