1. Describe and discuss an organization's task environment. Discuss how the elements within the task environment would impact an organization such as Microsoft Corporation. 2. Discuss the notion of social responsibility. Discuss how an organization is impacted when its adopts socially responsible practices. 3. Assume you accepted a transfer with your company to move overseas as a manager within the company's new international division. Discuss the general environmental challenges of international management that you will face in the global environment that you did not face in the domestic environment? 4. The CEO of your organization has developed two potential plans to help the organization cut costs. The CEO has asked you to form a group; the members of the group are to represent a cross-section of all the departments within the organization. The goal of the group is to discuss and decide which of the two proposed plans you should implement to cut costs. Discuss which type of group you would form and why. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the using groups to make decisions