During an economic crisis many financial managers and corporate officers have been criticized for: Poor decisions Lack of ethical behavior Large salaries Lucrative severance packages worth millions of dollars Extravagant lifestyles Is this criticism justified

for having large salaries.

Explanation:

These financial managers and corporate officers were criticized for having large salaries. This is mainly because during the financial crisis the stocks of these companies plummeted while compensation was still exorbitant. Compensation was supposed to be an incentive given to talent for maximizing the overall value of the firm through their work. Since this is not being done by the shareholders and officers then they should not be enjoying these compensations.

answer; 33,000;

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.