1. The business unit information prepared for public reporting purposes may not be appropriate for the evaluation of business unit management performance because:
• an allocation of common costs incurred for the benefit of more than one business unit must be included for public reporting purposes,
• in companies financial reports, common costs are often allocated on an arbitrary (non-causal) basis,
• the business units identified for public reporting purposes may not coincide with actual managerial responsibilities. A business unit may have different operating responsibilities in practice than that described in the financial report. For example, for simplicity the annual report may group operations into geographical-based categories (foreign versus domestic; western states versus Midwest, etc), when instead unit mangers are given responsibility for product lines including all areas the product is sold.
• If business unit leaders’ performance is evaluated on the basis of the information in the annual financial report, unit managers may become frustrated and dissatisfied because they would be held responsible for an earnings figure that includes the arbitrary allocation of common costs and costs traceable to but not controllable by them. This type of performance evaluation is unfair to managers and does little to motivate them. As a result of this dissatisfaction, the best managers may seek employment elsewhere.
1. The business unit information prepared for public reporting purposes may not be appropriate for the evaluation of business unit management performance because:
• an allocation of common costs incurred for the benefit of more than one business unit must be included for public reporting purposes,
• in companies financial reports, common costs are often allocated on an arbitrary (non-causal) basis,
• the business units identified for public reporting purposes may not coincide with actual managerial responsibilities. A business unit may have different operating responsibilities in practice than that described in the financial report. For example, for simplicity the annual report may group operations into geographical-based categories (foreign versus domestic; western states versus Midwest, etc), when instead unit mangers are given responsibility for product lines including all areas the product is sold.
• If business unit leaders’ performance is evaluated on the basis of the information in the annual financial report, unit managers may become frustrated and dissatisfied because they would be held responsible for an earnings figure that includes the arbitrary allocation of common costs and costs traceable to but not controllable by them. This type of performance evaluation is unfair to managers and does little to motivate them. As a result of this dissatisfaction, the best managers may seek employment elsewhere.
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