slow economy, so no one is buying watches of any kind; salespeople are not provided adequate resources to properly market the watches; the quality of the watches has declined to the point that people do not want to buy them; the supply chain is unable to keep up with orders, so deliveries are slow, and customers are cancelling orders; the financial manager does not like the marketing department, so we cannot trust the numbers he produces; and the marketing manager should just get rid of the salespeople who are not able to hit the established sales targets