CIMA Related Exams
P2 Exam
A company operates a divisional structure. The manager of division D receives a bonus based on the division's annual return on capital employed (ROCE).
A minimum ROCE of 20% must be achieved to receive any bonus and thereafter the bonus increases in line with increases in ROCE.
This year division D achieved a ROCE of 24% and the divisional manager received a large bonus.
The manager is considering an investment in a new machine for next year. The incremental ROCE earned by the machine is expected to be 19% although the ROCE for the division as a whole with the machine is expected to be 22%. Without the machine, ROCE is likely to be stable at 24%.
The cost of capital for the company as a whole is 18% per year.
Which of the following statements is correct?
An organization wants to increase the use value that customers place on one of its products - a laptop computer.
Which of the following actions, taken to increase the value to the customer, would increase the product's use value?
Select ALL that apply.
A company has just completed the production of the first 16 batches of a product. A learning curve has been observed throughout. The following table gives further details.

To the nearest whole percentage, what rate of learning is implied?