(a) Prepare a responsibility report (in thousands of dollars) for the Home Division.
(b) Evaluate the manager’s performance. Which items will likely be investigated by top management?
(c) Compute the expected ROI in 2014 for the Home Division, assuming the following independent changes to actual data.
(1) Variable cost of goods sold is decreased by 5%.
(2) Average operating assets are decreased by 10%.
(3) Sales are increased by $200,000, and this increase is expected to increase contribution margin by $85,000.