OBJECTIVES OF BUSINESS RECENTLY DEVELOPMENTS

OBJECTIVES OF BUSINESS RECENTLY DEVELOPMENTS

The following are social economic and human objectives of business;

ECONOMIC OBJECTIVES

-To earn profit through production and selling of goods and services

-To have fair dealings with business financiers including trade creditors, debenture holders, commercial banks and other financial institutions by paying them accordingly.

-To expand the market size through creation of more customers to earn more profits.

-To maximize consumer satisfaction by matching the goods to the needs, desires or tastes of consumers.

-To innovate new methods of production and produce products of new marketable styles which can lead to reduction of costs of production and big sales.

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SOCIAL OBJECTIVES

-To provide gainful to skilled, semi-skilled or unskilled personnel.

-To produce and supply goods and services of high quality.

-To sell the products to consumers at fair price.

-To take part in environmental conservation.

 

HUMAN OBJECTIVES

-To provide workers with fair wages and good working conditions including security, pension etc.

-To ensure effective human rights to workers and public through building of goodwill, social justice, fair dealings and health public relations.

 

NATIONAL OBJECTIVES

-To obey the government rules and regulations on business matters.

-To pay the taxes to government.

-To use scarce resources economically to achieve the maximum production.

IMPORTANCE OF BUSINESS

-Production of essential and high quality goods and services for the society.

-Provision of goods and services through reliable and proper channels of distribution enabling consumers to acquire goods and services at right time, place, quantity, quality and price.

-Provision of commercial services such as finance, warehousing, advertising, banking etc which are useful in facilitating production and distribution of goods and services to consumers.

-Improving the living standards of society by providing it with employment and goods and services of high quality.

ARGUMENTS AGAINST BUSINESS

-As far as businesses are highly after maximizing profits, they are usually exploit workers by paying them very low wages.

-Most of business activities lead air pollution and wastes which affect the healthy of consumers.

-Businesses seem to engage in antisocial practices such as hoarding, black marketing, smuggling, overcharging etc to earn big profits.

-Businesses supply substandard products to consumer in attempt to accumulate massive private gains.

HUMAN ELEMENTS IN BUSINESS

For a business success well, there should be good relations between business and;

-Consumers,

-Workers,

-Owner, and

-Business manager.

BUSINESS AND CONSUMERS-Business should produce goods according to the actual needs of consumers.

BUSINESS AND WORKERS-Business should fulfill the real needs of workers..

THE OWNERS OF BUSINESS-Including sole proprietors or shareholders should get fair returns on their investments.

THE OWNER MANAGER-For him to get profit on his investment, he should ensure that consumers get quality goods at fair price.

THE PROFESSIONAL MANAGER-He has to work for others e.g. proprietors to achieve the goal of business.