Sears at one time lost sight of its mission and jumped into markets such as real estate and financial services that did not fit its strengths or core operations. This most likely occurred because Sears lacked a mission statement with the appropriate:
a. focus. b. strategic fit. c. stability. d. profitability. e. width.

E. Width

Explanation:

Mission statements are short descriptions of why an organization or company exists. It explains what it does, who he does it for and how special is he from others. A mission statement needs to have an appropriate width by defining what the company does for the customers, what the company does for it's employees and what the company does for its owners. A proper mission statement with width would have made Sears not lose sight of his mission.

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.