Risk and cost
Not what you're looking for?
Could you please check the anwser below if it is correct, if not please help me fix the errors for number 12.
12. a.
The incentive-based compensation plan for managers seems conceptually flawed. The growth rates, risks, industry practices and market conditions in the industry that each division faces is different. The value of each division to NFP is because it offers different risk and return combinations to the corporation as a whole. Tying compensation to factors outside a manager's control such as the maturity of the timber or wood products industries is not a valid incentive structure. Sales and earnings growth would likely be fastest in Plastics and Real Estate. ROE should be steadier but lower in Wood Products. ROE would align the managers' interests closest to stockholder interests but would differ across industries by factors outside the managers' control.
12. b. The managers would all dislike the compensation plan. It depends too much on factors outside their control, and fluctuates too widely from year to year.
These reactions would be bad for maximizing the price of NFP stock since some managers may not strive to achieve results in years where they expect no incentive bonuses due to poor industry conditions.
12 c.
NFP has other options to reduce the impact of differences in division results on incentive-based compensation. One way is to measure manager performance against other companies in the same industry. ROE compared to ROE outcomes in the industry is fairer and isolates each division's results instead of making unequal comparisons across different industries. Other management efficiencies can also be measured against industry averages such as asset turnover, etc.
Purchase this Solution
Solution Preview
a. According to Betty's research in the company most individual projects are parts of larger processes. An incentive-based plan won't encourage the division managers to work together or help each other to increase the efficiency. The compensation plan should be in the intersection ...
Education
- BSc, Dokuz Eylul University
- MBA, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Recent Feedback
- "Thanks"
- "Thanks"
- "This is a great help...Thank you"
- "Thanks for the advice!"
- "Oh my gosh u are awesome... A++"
Purchase this Solution
Free BrainMass Quizzes
Writing Business Plans
This quiz will test your understanding of how to write good business plans, the usual components of a good plan, purposes, terms, and writing style tips.
MS Word 2010-Tricky Features
These questions are based on features of the previous word versions that were easy to figure out, but now seem more hidden to me.
Production and cost theory
Understanding production and cost phenomena will permit firms to make wise decisions concerning output volume.
Marketing Management Philosophies Quiz
A test on how well a student understands the basic assumptions of marketers on buyers that will form a basis of their marketing strategies.
Six Sigma for Process Improvement
A high level understanding of Six Sigma and what it is all about. This just gives you a glimpse of Six Sigma which entails more in-depth knowledge of processes and techniques.