All of these are reasons managers use environmental scanning except:

Options for the answer to question are;
A.managers use organizational scanning information that is relevant to the organizational development of strategy
B.environmental scanning is an overarching term that encompasses the monitoring and evaluation of information
C.managers in corporations use environmental scanning to avoid strategic surprise and to ensure long-term health
D.managers avoid using environmental scanning in corporations because they thrive on implementing strategies that reduce the element of surprise and they ignore the long-term health in the organization
E.according to recent research, there is a positive relationship between environmental scanning and profits

From these options, the answer is "D.managers avoid using environmental scanning in corporations because they thrive on implementing strategies that reduce the element of surprise and they ignore the long-term health in the organization".

Environmental scanning is defined as a procedure that deliberately studies and interprets related information to recognize outside circumstances and dangers. An association assembles data about the outer world, those are in competition and itself.