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At ABC Co., 10% of each salesperson's yearly bonus is based on whether or not the entire company reaches its annual sales goals. ABC's compensation structure is based on the fundamental idea that ______.
A) compensation policies must be legal
B) incentives will be more effective if it encourages people to act in ways that benefit both society and the person
C) people will work to accomplish a goal if they have a real stake in the reaching the goal
D) incentive structures should be as simple as possible
E) People are more likely to adhere to a policy if they have had some input into the development of the policy
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- Acme Company recently introduced a new bonus plan for its corporate executives. The company believes that current profitability and customer satisfaction levels are equally important to the company’s long-term success. As a result, the new plan awards a bonus equal to 0.5% of salary for each 1% increase in business unit net income or 1% increase in the business unit’s customer satisfaction index. For example, increasing net income from $1 million to $1.1 million (or 10% from its initial value) leads to a bonus of 5% of salary, while increasing the business unit’s customer satisfaction index from 50 to 60 (or 20% from its initial value) leads to a bonus of 10% of salary. There is no bonus penalty when net income or customer satisfaction declines. In 2016 and 2017, Acme’s three business units reported the following performance results: Q. Acme’s board of directors is concerned that the 2017 bonus awards may not accurately reflect the executives’ overall performance. In particular, the…Tokwa Inc. is a dealer of Kia trucks and automobiles. Tokwa distributes annual bonuses to its Vice President for Sales and three division managers, namely: Truck Division, SUV Division, and AUV and Sean Division. The company reported P12,000,000 profit for 2020 before bonuses and income tax. The income tax rate is 30%. How much should the vice president and each division manager receive, respectfully, if the vice president gets 3% and each division manager gets 1% of profit after bonuses but before income taxes? A. P339,623 and P113,208 B. P382,979 and P127,659 C. P169,811 and P169,911 D. P191,489 and P191,489Recently, the owner of KFC Franchise decided to change how she compensated her top manager. Last year, the manager received a fixed salary of GHC50,000 and KFC made GHC110,000 in profits (excluding the manager’s compensation). She feared that her store’s performance was connected to the top manager shirking on the job and expected that changes to her top manager’s compensation structure would improve sales. Therefore, this year she decided to offer him a fixed salary of $40,000 plus 5 percent of the store’s profit. Since the change, the store is performing much better, and she forecasts profits this year to be $300,000 (again, excluding the manager’s compensation). Assuming the change of compensation is the reason for owner make (net of payment to her top manager) because of this change? Does the manager make more money under the new payment scheme?
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