CHAPTER 9 PROFIT PLANNING AND BUDGETING Questions‚ Exercises‚ Problems‚ and Cases: Answers and Solutions 9.1 See text or glossary at the end of the book. 9.2 A cost center is a responsibility center in which management is responsible only for costs. In a profit center‚ management is responsible for both costs and revenues. 9.3 An investment center is a responsibility center in which management is responsible for managing costs‚ revenues‚ and assets. A profit center is not responsible
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Eligibility Rules Monica Fuller HSM/240 11/11/2014 Terra Harris Type of $ counted Program Wages Assets Concept Underlying Idea of “Need” Beneficiary Unit of Concern The Salvation Army‚ Monterey Peninsula Corps All income All income Help rehabilitate the homeless Children‚ and their families The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles All income All income Provide shelter for the homeless‚ and their families. Individual Eligibility Rules My two agencies
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issues to work out. As a “for-profit charity”‚ Google.org has an opportunity to create a charitable organization that is self-reliant and not constantly scrambling to raise funds through donations. The biggest problem with this strategy is that they face the same set of rules and objectives as a regular business would face; mainly‚ taxation and the desire for profitability. Google’s motto “don’t be evil” may suggest that this company really is about charity and not profit‚ but with shareholders involved
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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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ECOP1001 Economics as a Social Science Essay The essay should compare Two different schools of economic thoughts Question 4. What is profit? Where do profits come from? Economic theories simplify the relations among key economic concepts and enable us to understand different economic concepts. Throughout history‚ different economists in different time periods have formed diverse thoughts on how markets work by building and improving on the work of those who came before them. Therefore in order
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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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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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which promises success and security to everyone in exchange for hard work alone. When reality falls short of this ideal‚ people are more inclined to bend the rules to obtain what they deserve. In his chapter‚ "The Rules about the Rules"‚ Stephen Carter indicates that Americans "care far more about winning than about playing by the rules" (180). Although Americans have a competent understanding of morality‚ their moral integrity is placed secondary to success. As a result‚ Americans are willing
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Not for profit organization: A non profit organization (NPO) is an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals rather than distributing them as profit or dividends. While not-for-profit organizations are permitted to generate surplus revenues‚ they must be retained by the organization for its self-preservation‚ expansion‚ or plans.[3] NPOs have controlling members or a board of directors. Many have paid staffs including management‚ while others employ unpaid volunteers and even
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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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