Divisional Performance Measurement
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A Divisional perfoamnce measurement could look like this:
For Example
|- less VC|400 |- CONTRIBUTION+|500|(note:no good for management performance measurement because Mgr can control FC) |- less controllable FC|100 |- CONTROLLABLE PROFIT|400|(Good for Mgr performance measurement unless it's a profit center they have no control over depreciation) |- less Non-controllable FC|100 |- DIV PROFIT Before Corp Exp's|300|(Good measure of Division's economic performance) |- Corp Exp|100|(Arbitrary allocation) |- DIV NET PROFIT|200|(Good measure of comparison with peer companies) |}
See Divisionalization See Residual Income