CarniTrin is a manufacturer of Carnival costumes in a highly competitive market. Thecompany's management team is seeking guidance on the use of financial performancemeasures to identify the key drivers of the company's financial performance and develop astrategy to improve it. The following data relate to the company for the year 2022: In its clothing division, the company has $6,000,000 invested in assets. After-taxoperating income from sales of clothing in 2022 is $900,000. Income for the clothingdivision has grown steadily over the last few years.  The cosmetics division has $14,000,000 invested in assets and an after-tax operatingincome in 2022 of $1,900,000.  The weighted-average cost of capital for CarniTrin is 10% and the 2021’s after-taxreturn on investment for each division was 15%.  The general manager of CarniTrin has asserted that in the future, managers shouldhave their compensation structure aligned with their performance measures with nofixed salaries. However, the general manager has told the manager of each divisionthat the better division in 2022 will get a bonus. 1. Return on investment (ROI), residual income (RI), and economic-value added (EVA)are performance measures for subunit managers. Discuss the relative merit of theseperformance measures? 2. There may be a difference between the performance of a manager and theperformance of the organization subunit for which the manager is responsible. Why isit important to make this distinction? 3. Do you agree with the general manager’s assertion that managers should be rewardedonly on the basis of their performance measures with no fixed salaries? Explain.

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CarniTrin is a manufacturer of Carnival costumes in a highly competitive market. Thecompany's management team is seeking guidance on the use of financial performancemeasures to identify the key drivers of the company's financial performance and develop astrategy to improve it.

The following data relate to the company for the year 2022:
 In its clothing division, the company has $6,000,000 invested in assets. After-tax
operating income from sales of clothing in 2022 is $900,000. Income for the clothing
division has grown steadily over the last few years.

 The cosmetics division has $14,000,000 invested in assets and an after-tax operating
income in 2022 of $1,900,000.

 The weighted-average cost of capital for CarniTrin is 10% and the 2021’s after-tax
return on investment for each division was 15%.

 The general manager of CarniTrin has asserted that in the future, managers should
have their compensation structure aligned with their performance measures with no
fixed salaries. However, the general manager has told the manager of each division
that the better division in 2022 will get a bonus.

1. Return on investment (ROI), residual income (RI), and economic-value added (EVA)
are performance measures for subunit managers. Discuss the relative merit of these
performance measures?

2. There may be a difference between the performance of a manager and the
performance of the organization subunit for which the manager is responsible. Why is
it important to make this distinction?

3. Do you agree with the general manager’s assertion that managers should be rewarded
only on the basis of their performance measures with no fixed salaries? Explain.

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