Jolly Candies is a U. S.-based company that manufactures and distributes candy bars and snack foods globally. The company sources most of its cocoa and sugar from South American companies. This business relationship highlights which dimension of the task environment?

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Elsa Baldwin

11 January, 11:39

Jolly Candies is a U. S.-based company that manufactures and distributes candy bars and snack foods globally. The company sources most of its cocoa and sugar from South American companies. This business relationship highlights which dimension of the task environment?

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Erika Cross · Answer 1

suppliers

Explanation:

Task environment encompasses all external factors that are capable of influencing the business goals or operations of a company. These external factors include customers, suppliers, labor supply, competitors, special interest groups. Most play a major role in influencing the operations of a business, hence are duly considered by any business organizations.

The business relationship highlighted in the question above represents the suppliers dimension of the external factors or task environment, and it affects Jolly Candies operations since they rely on the raw materials supplied by South America Companies to produce candy bars and snack foods they supply globally.