Terrence, an advertising manager, is ultimately responsible for all promotional programs at his firm. according to the traditional principles of organization, what should you tell him when he makes the following statement: "i'm going to make my intern, emma, totally responsible for our newest promotional project. if she messes it up, it won't be my fault"?
a. delegate authority but not responsibility
b. ask emma for her ideas
c. you don't have the authority
d. give her an appropriate new title
e. that's a good idea

A) Delegate authority but not responsibility

Explanation:

Authority can be delegated, but not responsibility.

Terrence can give Emma the authority to decide on what will happen to their new promotional project, but if something goes wrong Terrence will be responsible for the failure of the new project. Also if things go smoothly and their new project is very successful, Terence will be responsible for the success of the new project.

a manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses exponential smoothing with trend to forecast monthly demand of its product. at the end of december, the company wishes to forecast sales for january. the estimate of trend through november has been 200 additional boards sold per month. average sales have been around 1000 units per month. the demand for december was 1100 units. the company uses α = 0.20 and β = 0.10. make a forecast including trend for the month of january.