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    Types Of Organizations - Coca-Cola Case Study

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    This 4 page paper begins with a description of several types of business organizations, e.g., sole trader/proprietor; partnership, limited, etc. The descriptions include the stakeholders in the business and their primary objectives. The next part of the paper briefly discusses Coca-Cola, its stakeholders, and how well the company is doing towards meeting the objectives of three specific groups of stakeholders. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

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    The most common forms of ownership, their stakeholders and objectives are presented in the following outline. However, the objective of all private companies is simply to earn a profit. *  Sole Trader (Sole proprietor in the U.S.) is a business that is owned by one person and that person typically operates the business. All liability for a sole trader rests  on the person who owns the business. Stakeholders include the owner, any employees who might work at the business, the public served, suppliers and, if appropriate, vendors. * Partnership are  businesses owned by two or more people. It may be a 50-50 split but the division of ownership can be any configuration. The owners are typically involved in the direct  operations of the business although, they, too might hire other employees. All liability falls on the owners. Stakeholders are basically the same as those in a sole trader business. *  Limited companies may be private or public. If this is a private limited company, then shareholders own the company but they can neither sell nor buy shares without agreement from  the other shareholders. Liability is on the company but liability typically extends to the limited partners. Family businesses are very often limited companies. Public limited companies, on the other hand,  trade shares on the stock market exchange. Liability is limited to the amount the owner holds in stock shares. Stakeholders include all of those mentioned for sole traders but shareholders  are also stakeholders in the public limited company. * Co-operatives are owned by a group of people, each of whom has shares in the company. Shareholders/owners are also referred to  as members of the co-op. As a group, they operate the company and provide the financing for it. Stakeholders then are all the members, suppliers, as needed, and vendors when 

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