what ha ppens if both bottom-up and top-down approaches are used, and the forecasts conflict? In all probability,the manager reconciles the two totals by averaging them or examining more closely the major variances between the two. The Delphi technique could be used to do this. NGT could also be useful in resolving any discrepancies between different experts'opinions. Thus, one or several of the previously mentioned forecast techniques can be uesd together to produce a single employment forecast.