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    Is it possible for large‚ profit focussed organisations to be both profitable and “fair”? Over the past year there have been an increasing number of issues which have risen on how businesses such as Amazon‚ Thames Water‚ Google‚ Facebook and Starbucks have made vast amount of profits but haven’t been fair-minded. For example Starbucks made £400m sales in the UK but paid no corporation tax. According to Milton Freidman the main objective of a business is to increase profits so long as it stays within

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    by private individuals. Usually‚ we have organizations within the economy where one is profit oriented and its main business objective is to make profit from the revenue it tends to make by the end of a certain period‚ therefore‚ nothing from the extra money made will be used to develop the business‚ instead‚ the profit will go to the owner of the business‚ adding to that the owner can be giving some of the profit to its employees as a way of motivation according to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs which

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    For my museum‚ I’ve decided that I would “rebuild” Camelot. it will have a moat surrounding the castle with a drawbridge‚ a gatehouse‚ a wall walk‚ merlons‚ courtyard‚ stables‚ tower etc… I would buy a large piece of land and have a castle built and a forest around it. I would have the museum in Glastonbury as the museum is based on the Arthurian legend and Glastonbury has many links to king Arthur (it is said that Glastonbury is Avalon‚ the resting place of king Arthur and apparently king Arthur’s

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    Profit Maximization model helps to predict the price-output behavior of a firm under changing market conditions like tax rates‚ wages and salaries‚ bonus‚ the degree of availability of resources‚ technology‚ fashions‚ tastes and preferences of consumers etc. It is a very simple and unambiguous model. It is the single most ideal model that can explain the normal behavior of a firm. It is often argued that no other alternative hypothesis can explain and predict the behavior of business firms better

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    The three myths in the “Appetite for Profit” book are choosing to eat healthier‚ marketing has little impact on food choices‚ and parents can say no to their kids. The first myth essentially comes down to the availability of healthier food. Not everyone has the option to afford this food because “healthy” food markets such as wholes food can be very expensive. Not only is it expensive‚but stores such as these are not always located in certain communities. The second myth describes the idea that

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    Head: IS THERE REALLY A DIFFERENCE IN LEADERSHIP STYLES IN NON PROFIT AND FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. Abstract Academic researchers have not found it important to attempt to complete studies based on leadership in non-profit organizations. A main problem that arises is that people tend to confuse the terms leadership and management with each other. Also leadership researchers tend to associate leadership in non-profit organizations with general research about leadership.

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    Pro-profit Colleges It is no secret that a college education has never been more necessary for a decent life in America. Many manufacturing jobs now demand a level of skill and education that virtually requires a college degree. A lot of white-collar employers won’t even consider a job applicant who hasn’t graduated from college. Unfortunately this means that the poor and lower class have no choice but to attain some sort of higher education. This is how For-profit colleges came to existence; originally

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    within it ’s structure. One should also note the lengthy court battles between Scientologists and the US government over their status as a religion‚ which has allowed them to be exempt from paying taxes‚ an extremely large benefit to any company trying to make a profit‚ as well as the suspicious and sudden out-of-court conclusion of those proceedings. Many other

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    had the objective to find hidden profits and losses contained in their current accounting system. The old system did not fully disclose how their costs were applied to the sales accounts. The goals are very sensible as they will allow them to move forward with the proper information. 2. Why did Ridderstråle feel that the previous cost system was inadequate for the new strategy? The new strategy/system was needed “to promote high-margin products to high-profit customers.” The old system didn’t

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    For these reasons‚ nonprofit groups should operate more like businesses by incorporating best practices that will make them more effective in carrying out their mission. The greatest potential benefit of nonprofit groups operating like businesses is operational efficiency and less dependency on public funding. As described in the case study‚ “Blurring the Line Between Profits and Nonprofits‚” when Michael Miller became President of Portland Goodwill in the mid-1980s‚ he adopted a corporate

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