The document discusses the marketing environment, which consists of micro and macro environmental factors that affect marketing management's ability to build relationships with customers. The microenvironment includes internal factors like the company, suppliers, intermediaries, customers and competition. The macroenvironment comprises broader societal forces such as demographic, political, economic, sociocultural, technological, environmental and legal conditions. Understanding how these environmental factors impact an organization allows marketers to develop strategies to address changes in the marketing environment.