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Category Archives: Business/Economics

How NOT to motivate people

I did a google search on “company morale” because I wanted to learn about various ways to evaluate and improve morale within an organization. Here’s one link that shows a clear case on how NOT to motivate people:
http://technocrat.net/d/2006/8/28/7262
It blows my mind how some leaders and managers think they can motivate people by being negative. One [...]

Posted 07 April 2007 † Peter § ‡ Comments (0) °

Business as mission

Lance posted a blog entry that points to a talk at Urbana’s Open for Business conference by Jeff Van Duzer, Dean of the School of Business and Economics at Seattle Pacific University. He starts off by talking about what Business as Mission is NOT.
- It is NOT about making money in order to give [...]

Posted 08 March 2007 † Peter § Faith ‡ Comments (1) °

Why social enterprise is not a requirement for a socially beneficial business

Now that we know what social enterprise is, we can have some discussion about it. I think social enterprise can be very powerful, as long as the fundamentals of business are not ignored with the excuse that they conflict with the social cause.
I’m torn with regards to whether I want to align myself to the [...]

Posted 15 October 2006 † Peter § ‡ Comments (0) °

Definitions: What is social enterprise?

I’m going to start a new series of posts titled “Definitions: What is ?” Often times, certain phrases are used even when people are uncertain of their meaning. This is more for myself as I try to understand what things really mean but maybe it’ll also be useful to you.
Social Enterprise
Wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_enterprise
“Social enterprises are [...]

Posted 14 October 2006 † Peter § ‡ Comments (0) °

Urbana06: Open for Business

It’s exciting to see the organizers of Urbana recognize the potential role of business in helping to transform underdeveloped societies.

Urbana 06: Open for Business
The forces of globalization that are breaking down cultural, economic, and language barriers around the world are also opening new doors for the gospel. Christians are identifying incredible opportunities for business to [...]

Posted 03 October 2006 † Peter § Faith ‡ Comments (1) °