Karson's manager compensation is an annual salary and qualifying bonus award. Managers qualify for the bonus award when their division ROA equals or exceeds Cecil Inc. ROA. The bonus is calculated as Cecil Inc. Residual Income divided by the number of qualifying managers who then share equally in the bonus pool. Residual Income is defined as Operating Income minus an interest charge of 8% of Average Total Assets.

a. For 2021, calculate each divisions ROA and identify which divisions qualify for the bonus pool (report percentages rounded two decimals).

b. Calculate the 2021 bonus pool amount for total Cecil Inc. and the bonus amount per manager (round amounts to the nearest whole dollar).

c. Based on your analysis, identify Yes or No if the bonus compensation plan helps Cecil Inc. be goal congruent: ___________________________

d. Discuss the reasons for your answer in part c.

2021 22,500,000 15,300,000 9,500,000 2020 19,600,000 12,500,000 8,700,000 1,900,000 1,100,000 1,100,000 1,800,000 900,000 1,050,000 Revenues: Naperville Metropolitan Urbana Operating Income: Naperville Metropolitan Urbana Average Total Assets: Naperville Metropolitan Urbana Number of Managers: Naperville Metropolitan Urbana 10,000,000 8,000,000 4,500,000 9,500,000 6,500,000 4,300,000 15 9 12 5 10 10