Johnson Ceramics, a division of Bentfield Corporation, has an operating income of $82,000 and total assets of $410,000. The required rate of return for the company is 11%. The company is evaluating whether it should use return on investment (ROI) or residual income (RI) as a measurement of performance for its division managers. The manager of Johnson Ceramics has the opportunity to undertake a new project that will require an investment of $164,000. This investment would earn $21,320 for the company. Read the requirements. Requirement 1. What is the original return on investment (ROI) for Johnson Ceramics (before making any additional investment)? First determine the formula to calculate the ROI. ROI (Enter the percentage to two decimal places.) The original return on investment (ROI) for Johnson Ceramics is % Requirement 2. What would the ROI be for Johnson Ceramics if this investment opportunity were undertaken? Would the manager of the Johnson Ceramics division want to make this investment if she were evaluated based on ROI? Why or why not? (Enter the percentage to two decimal places.) If this investment opportunity were undertaken, the ROI would be %. If the manager of this division is evaluated based on ROI she want to make this investment. Investing in the new project would the division's ROI. Requirement 3. What is the ROI of the investment opportunity? Would the investment be desirable from the standpoint of Bentfield Corporation? Why or why not? (Enter the percentage to two decimal places.) The ROI of the investment opportunity is %. From the standpoint of Bentfield Corporation this investment desirable. The ROI of the investment opportunity Bentfield's required rate of return. Requirement 4. What would the residual income (RI) be for Johnson Ceramics if this investment opportunity were to be undertaken? Would the manager of the Johnson Ceramics division want to make this investment if she were evaluated based on RI? Why or why not? First determine the formula to calculate the RI. RI (Use parentheses or a minus sign for a negative RI.) The residual income (RI) for Johnson Ceramics if this investment opportunity were to be undertaken is If the manager of this division is evaluated based on RI she want to make this investment. The VRI indicates that the division is earning than management's expectations Requirement 5. What is the Rl of the investment opportunity? Would the investment be desirable from the standpoint of Bentfield Corporation? Why or why not? (Use parentheses or a minus sign for a negative RI.) The Rl of the investment opportunity is From the standpoint of Bentfield Corporation this investment V desirable. The Rl of the investment opportunity is V, meaning the investment opportunity would earn V than management's target required return. Requirement 6. Which performance measurement method, ROI or RI, promotes goal congruence? Why? Of the two performance measurement methods, ROI and RI, V is more likely to promote goal congruence. The Rl of the investment alone is motivate both the division manager and the company management to V the investment. The arrival at the same conclusion by both the manager and company management the division's RI by that amount. This would goal congruence
