Abigail, a department manager, is struggling trying to lead a cross-functional team. most members are other department managers at her level, and they see no reason to do what she asks. here, abigail has
a. high task structure.
b. low tolerance for ambiguity.
c. poor leader-member relations.
d. weak referent power.
e. weak position power.

Abigail has;

e. weak position power

Explanation:

Leadership positions like managerial positions always come with a certain amount of power attached to it. The sources of power are as follows;

Since Abigail is on the same level as the other department managers, she has a weak position power since her position as the department manager can not offer her any power to make other department managers do what she asks.

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.