Goodwill Vs Starbucks

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1. How might the implications of the P-O-L-C framework differ for an organization like Goodwill Industries versus a firm like Starbucks? Both companies share the planning concept where both have to set objectives and work toward achieving them. The difference in between Goodwill and Starbuck is that the first is a non-profit organization while the latter is a profit organization. Goodwill is focused on helping people in need and improve their social situations. Goodwill has no other competitive companies, which regardless of its limited disperse to only 179 locations, the company did a great job in providing job offers for people in need and help them get economic stability. On the other hand; Starbucks, due to its competition with other similar…show more content…
For this reason, Starbucks will have to put a norms, rules and standards that employees should obtain before being part of the company. These standards include attitude, language and traditions to be all the same and at a specific level. This controlling system at Starbucks also provide a competitive field with other competitive companies. On the other hand, Goodwill eliminated those standards and norms of language, background, and culture. The company will work with anyone regardless of their culture, background and education level, improve their abilities and empower their effectiveness to the…show more content…
Problems that Goodwill might go through while training those people is finding a company who is willing to hire a disabled person, knowing that the outcome of this person might be less effective and could cost the company some loss in profit. Also, the fact that there is limited amount of job opportunities due to financial crisis makes it hard to put unexperienced individuals in an advanced position to get hired. Moreover, discrimination against the disabled individuals and the low expectations that companies think they will be doing puts them at a low level of getting hired. This will lead Goodwill to invest a lot of money training those people and giving them a better opportunity to get
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