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Forecasting involves accurately predicting future events. Describe the difficulties managers may encounter when forecasting.

Forecasting involves accurately predicting future events.
Describe the difficulties managers may encounter when forecasting.

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Kavungya
i. Lack of trained in-house staff to carry out forecasting. This forces the manager to outsource and this may be costly.

ii. The business environment is fluid/dynamic hence the forecasts may be useful for a much limited period than intended as a result of significant changes in the operating environment

iii. Inadequate budget allocations for forecasting rendering the process ineffective-narrow resource base to support forecasting

iv. The use of certain qualitative techniques, which make use of human judgement, may be prone to bias hence less objective.

. Lack of cooperation on the part of personnel on forecasting projects
Kavungya answered the question on April 28, 2021 at 09:11

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