Your organization is likely to be purchased by a competitor. The Management has asked you, in confidence, to complete environmental scanning to determine the effects of the purchase on your organization's culture, customers, and employees. What is environmental scanning?
- Environmental scanning is a review of the cultural achievability of a new project, organizational change, or market influence on at least three factors in an organization.
- Environmental scanning is a review of the opportunities and threats that a condition may have on an organization.
- Environmental scanning is an internal review of an external catalyst.
- Environmental scanning is the process of assessing the effects of an organization change on both macro and micro elements in an organization.
Answer(s): B
Reference:
PHR Exam Prep, Pearson Education, ISBN: 978-0-7897-3677-2. Chapter Three:
Strategic Management. Official PHR and SPHR Certification Guide, HR Certification Institute, ISBN: 978-1-586-44149-4, Section III, The US HR Body of Knowledge.
Chapter: Business Management and Strategy
Objective: Strategy
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