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 approach to running the charity that increased total sales tenfold (Johnson‚ 2007‚ p. xxiii). By adopting business best practices
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approved websites posted in the Webliography to find a research article(s) (no older than 2001) related to non-profit versus for-profit healthcare and organizations. Analyze the characteristics of each type of organization and the factors which impact operations. Discuss options to improve the financial and operational performance of non- profit organizations and the criticisms leveled at for-profit healthcare organizations. Your resultant written paper should be 750 words‚ double spaced‚ and in APA or
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Multiple Choice Questions 1. Which of the following statements is true? A. The word "cost" has the same meaning in all situations in which it is used. B. Cost data‚ once classified and recorded for a specific application‚ are appropriate for use in any application. C. Different cost concepts and classifications are used for different purposes. D. All organizations incur the same types of costs. E. Costs incurred in one year are always meaningful in the following year. 2. Which of the following
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Assignment 1: Culture and Marketing Strategy By: Jenna Kiragis Strayer University Dr. David Holness October 19 2013 1. Briefly (one [1] paragraph) describe the chosen advertisement‚ and explain where you located it. ShopFourOneTwo is a Pittsburgh based men’s clothing boutique‚ located in South Side‚ Pittsburgh . They have captured the hearts of all sports fans with their custom-made logo t-shirts that creatively display the numbers 412
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A young person came to me crying and explained all her friends has fallen out with her and that she wasn’t sure if what they were doing to her was classed as bullying. I suggested to the student that she wrote a statement. I approached the other students to ask them if them if they would be willing to write me a statement about the incidents. I read all the statements so that I could help support the students to deal with the conflict themselves I spoke to all the students individually to see
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In this leaflet I will describe the law of negligence and occupier’s liability‚ economic loss and psychiatric loss. Negligence is when somebody has a duty of care and that duty is breached. Negligence is split into 3 parts. Duty of Care In certain situations‚ a duty of care is owed to another person. For example‚ a surgeon owes a duty of care to whoever they operate on. The existence of a duty of care is established by the Neighbour Test which was brought in by Lord Aitken after the Donoghue
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There are Chinese said‚’ As you sow‚ so shall you reap.’ For me‚ in these 5 years besides academic I sow leadership. And now‚ I reap a lot. Because I am interested in financial management‚ I am studying in economics and BAFS. Therefore‚ this makes me grapping all the chance that can help me in improving the ability of studying management in the future. I got nutrient in house. I was a house committee for 2 years. I lead my house members for 2 years. In sports day I am the leader to lead them
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Changing a Colostomy Mrs X is one of our youngest residents aged 66. She has been in the care home for over 10 years after suffering a brain haemorrhage which affected her mobility and ability to communicate. She requires a substantial amount of care at all times as a result of this. Mrs X also developed problems with her bowel which resulted in her being given a colostomy bag. Generally Mrs X bag requires changing one to two times per day. My mentor asked if I would assist her to change Mrs
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Recruitment and selection forms a core part of the central activities underlying human resource management: namely‚ the acquisition‚ development and reward of workers. Bratton and Gold (2007‚ p 239) differentiate the two terms: recruitment and selection while establishing a clear link between them in the following way: ‘Recruitment is the process of generating a pool of capable people to apply for employment to an organisation. Selection is the process by which managers and others use specific instruments
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Activity 3 Consider your workplace as a learning environment and reflect upon three areas for improvement. The term reflection refers to reviewing experience from practice so that it may be described‚ analysed‚ evaluated and consequently used to inform and change future practice.” According to Somerville and Keeling (2004) nursing is a profession where reflection is important whereby it helps to identify strengths and weaknesses. Jarvis (1992) mentioned that reflective practice can also be known
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