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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0263-7863/96 $15.00 + 0.00 0263-7863(95)00067-4 London Ambulance Service computer-aided despatch system* Michael Hougham Greenlands Management and Engineering Consultants‚ Great Missenden‚ HP16 OJT‚ UK This paper illustrates the dangers of trying to implement high technology projects‚ without sufficient technical research and development‚ adequate management organisation and due regard to social factors. The London Ambulance Service is the largest in the world. During the early 1990s‚ it attempted
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(3) adoption of an incentive compensation plan for the marketing manager. The student’s task is to evaluate the past and prospective financial performance of the company and to critique its liberal credit and inventory policies. The objectives of the case are to: • Introduce and exercise tools and concepts of financial-statement analysis (including financial ratios‚ break-even analysis‚ and cash-flow statements). • Explore possible definitions of the “financial health” of a company.
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Union Bank Denying Debit Carlos Franco ENGL227 Esther Sapell Rachelson November 11‚ 2010 Student name: Carlos Franco Case number and short name for case: Mrs. Caldwell denying debit adjustment. I. Plan A. Analyze the Situation 1. What is your general purpose? Notify Mrs. Caldwell the denying of her claim. 2. What is your specific purpose? Explaining the causes for her debit denying. 3. Exactly what do you want your audience to think‚ feel
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Congratulations‚ you are now in charge of a $100‚000‚000 corporation. Your company manufactures sensors. Sensors are devices that observe physical conditions. Your sensors are installed into the products your customers sell. Sensors are everywhere. Almost any product that has an automated function requires some sort of sensor. Your company was created when the government split a monopoly into identical competitors. When the company was a monopoly‚ operating inefficiencies and poor product
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Florida Atlantic University Star River Electronics Ltd. – Case Analysis Case Summary Star River Electronics is a joint venture company that has gained respect within the industry for producing high quality CD-ROMs to major software companies. In the mid 1990s‚ multimedia products created a high demand for CD-ROMs‚ allowing manufacturing companies of all sizes to enter the market. As a result‚ an oversupply ensued causing prices to decline as much as 40%. Star River survived a period
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For the following change management assignment‚ Bank of Ceylon Nugegoda branch has been selected to analyses its change efforts done in resent three years. Bank of Ceylon is a major commercial bank in Sri Lanka which is government owned. The bank’s head office is located in an iconic cylindrical building in Colombo‚ the commercial and political capital of the island. It was established in 1939 and celebrates the 75th anniversary in this 2014. The bank consists of a network of over 618 branches‚ and
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Commerce Bank Executive Summary Commerce bank has been a pioneer in the banking industry by reverting to customer service. This has driven customers to the bank‚ but in order to stay ahead on the curve they want to move away from the model that has worked for them. They should focus on the current model and enhance it‚ rather than change it. Background Commerce bank also known as Commerce Bancorp is a New Jersey based bank founded in 1973 by fast food restaurant franchiser Vernon Hill
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Securing Aircraft Solutions Aircraft Solutions‚ headquartered in San Diego‚ California‚ is a company specializing in business-to-business products and services. Their customers are primarily in the electronic‚ commercial‚ defense and aerospace industries. They specialize in offering low-cost design and computer-aided packages to help their customers lower their costs for development and involve their customers in every step of the fabrication process while utilizing the Business Process Management
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