Organizations that are affected by and that affect their environment are called
A) Input systems.
B) Output systems.
C) Open systems.
D) Closed systems.
E) Social systems.

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Organizations are open systems; that is, they are affected by and in turn affect their external environments. For example, they take in inputs from their environment and use them to create products and services that are outputs to their environment, as shown in Figure 2.1.

Organizations That Are Affected by and That Affect Their Environment