Peter has suggested to me that the _____________ of highly systematic and _____________ planning techniques may have led to a substantial ______ in firms’ notions of what is likely to happen in the future, and thus to a _______ in the incidence of mistakes, especially on the part of the ____modern corporations.

A

progressive development, exact, decline, decrease, tiny

B

progress deterioration, exact, increase, decrease, tiny

C

progressive deterioration, precise, improvement, reduction, large

D

progressive deterioration, precise, increase, decrease, large

E

gradual growth, exact, increase, decline, large