In the case of an ethnocentric approach, it is possible that managers may make decisions that are ethically suspect because they do not understand the culture in which they are managing.
a) true
b) false

The correct answer is B) False

Explanation:

An ethnocentric approach to management will precisely take into account the cultural characteristics of a particular ethnic group, therefore, the probability of a manager taking a decision that conflicts with the values of said ethnic group is lower.

For example, suppose that a pizza delivery firm wants to set up business in Italy. An ethnocentric approach would result in the avoidance of selling hawaian pizza in Italy, because Italians do not like that specific type of pizza.

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.

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