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Accountability In The Church, Professor Ben C Osisioma
Accountability In The Church, Professor Ben C Osisioma
Prof Ben Chuka Osisioma
Traditionally, accountability is the obligation to give a reckoning or explanation for one’s actions and responsibilities to a higher authority. However, for the purpose of this paper, we define accountability as the processes through which an organisation makes a commitment to respond to and balance the needs of stakeholders in its decision making processes and activities, and delivers against this commitment. In the church setting accountability involves managing the resources God has entrusted us with, organising for service and mission, and providing programmes to carry out the church’s mandate. The goal is to help people grow in Christ and learn …
Initial Public Offerings In The Microfinance Industry: Does A Mission Drift Occur?, Sarah Segill
Initial Public Offerings In The Microfinance Industry: Does A Mission Drift Occur?, Sarah Segill
Honors Projects in Finance
This thesis analyzes whether or not there is a mission drift when microfinance organizations become publicly traded entities. One of the most debated criticisms of microfinance institutions (MFIs) today involves becoming for-profit organizations in attempt to raise more capital. Donor funding is limited for non-profit organizations and does not give an MFI much room to grow to serve a maximal number of people. The entry of for-profit microfinance institutions has a great deal of possibility in terms of generating scale, efficiency and innovation. Yet these for-profit institutions can easily lose track of their social mission to serve the poor and …
Strategic Planning: A Dynamic Process, Steven Slezak
Strategic Planning: A Dynamic Process, Steven Slezak
Steven Slezak
A presentation outlining the steps taken to produce a thorough strategic business plan, along with the supporting analysis.
What Is Strategy?, Steven Slezak
What Is Strategy?, Steven Slezak
Steven Slezak
A presentation outlining the nature of strategy, emphasizing its paradoxical nature, describing its structure, and describing competitive advantage and the value chain.