Pierre Ltd is a catering business owned by well-known chef Pierre Boudin. It is organised as two
Question:
Pierre Ltd is a catering business owned by well-known chef Pierre Boudin. It is organised as two divisions, each with its own manager. There is the Shop Division, managed by Louise Lane, that runs retail outlets in a number of shopping centres throughout the city, and the Catering Division, managed by Brett Spark, that provides food for corporate functions, parties and public events. Pierre is considering going into semi-retirement and wants one of the managers to run the overall business.
Pierre has decided to assess the return on investment of the two divisions and to hand over the management of Pierre Ltd to whichever manager runs the division with the higher return on investment. Relevant information for the divisions is as follows:
Shop Division | Catering Division | ||||||
Sales revenue | $2400000 | $1800000 | |||||
Selling & administrative expenses Interest expense | 1600000 60000 | 1200000 80000 | |||||
Profit before tax Tax expense | 740000 220000 | 520000 160000 | |||||
Profit | $ 520000 | $ 360000 | |||||
Average total assets | $2200000 | $1600000 |
Required
Which manager should Pierre appoint to take over management of the company?
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Accounting
ISBN: 978-1118608227
9th edition
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