Acme Global hired a director of safety to help the organization ensure proper compliance with the Occupational Safety and Health Act. This represents the influence of in the external environment on the organization.

The action of ACME global represent the influence of  Government  in the external environment of an organisation

Explanation:

The external environment of an organisation represents the factors outside the environment that is capable  of influencing  the decision of the organisation.  It consists of the outside factors that influences the organisation.  e.g social cultural, political, economic, technological  factors among others.

One of these factors is the Political/ Legal factor:

The political / legal factor focuses on the influence of government on business organisations. It reviews how government laws, policies, and rules affects the operation of business. The rules and regulations or policies put in place by the government has the capacity to influence the business decision.

In the case of ACME global hiring a director of safety, they are doing so in other to comply to the occupational safety and Health Act that is most definitely enacted by the government.

Therefore we can say that  the action of ACME global represent the influence of  Government  in the external environment of an organisation

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