SAMPLE ANSWER FOR QUESTION 5 Profit-making is one of the most traditional‚ basic and major objectives of a firm. Profit-motive is the driving-force behind all business activities of a company. It is the primary measure of success or failure of a firm in the market. Profit earning capacity indicates the position‚ performance and status of a firm in the market. In spite of several changes and development of several alternative objectives‚ profit maximization has remained as one of the single most important
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NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS 13 2 Not-for-profit organisations Key points Many not-for-profit organisations (NFPs) feel they are poorly understood by government and the general public. Pressures to be more efficient have seen overhead spending reduced at considerable detriment to effectiveness and improved resource allocation over time (allocative efficiency). The sector is diverse‚ but NFPs display some common behavioural patterns: – Whereas the behaviour of for-profit business is driven mostly
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Definition of Non-Profit Organizations Associations‚ charities‚ cooperatives‚ and other voluntary organizations formed to further cultural‚ educational‚ religious‚ professional‚ or public service objectives. Non-Profit Organization startup funding is provided by their members‚ trustees‚ or others who do not expect repayment‚ and who do not share in the organization’s profits or losses which are retained or absorbed. Approved‚ incorporated‚ or registered Non-Profit Organizations are usually granted
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describe what profit and loss accounts are. PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT By law business are required to provide annual financial statements‚ which will appear in their company report‚ there are two main types of financial statements‚ one is balance sheet and the other is a profit and loss account. A profit and loss account is a record which can be updated regularly and generally shows businesses transactions made over a period of time (usually within 12 months)‚ An example profit and loss account
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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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PROFIT MAXIMIZATION [See Chap 11] 1 Profit Maximization • A profit-maximizing firm chooses both its inputs and its outputs with the goal of achieving maximum economic profits 2 Model • Firm has inputs (z1‚z2). Prices (r1‚r2). – Price taker on input market. • Firm has output q=f(z1‚z2). Price p. – Price taker in output market. • Firm’s problem: – Choose output q and inputs (z1‚z2) to maximise profits. Where: π = pq - r1z1 – r2z2 3 1 One-Step Solution • Choose (z1
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Profits Katherine Carpenter Liberty University Econ 213 Gwartney states that profits are; “An excess of sales revenue relative to the opportunity cost of production. The cost component includes the opportunity cost of all resources‚ including those owned by the firm. Therefore‚ profit accrues only when the value of the good produced is greater than the value of the resources used for its production.” An example of a profit would be bakery offers a cheesecake for $20 and the total cost to make
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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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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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: [ 4 x 5 = 20 marks ] (ii) Anil and Mukesh are partners sharing profit and losses in the ratio of 3 : 2. Govind is admitted for ¼th share of firm. Thereafter Madan enters for 20 paisa in a rupee. Compute new profit sharing ratios under both the admission of partners. (iii) The following Goodwill Account was opened by the partners of R and S‚ on the admission of H as a new partner into firm Om and Sons. Calculate the share of profit agreed to be
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