Week 6 Graded quiz >> Personal & Family Financial Planning
TOTAL POINTS 10
1.What is meant by a hybrid organization?
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An organization that has a diverse workforce comprising of people from different backgrounds or coming from different countries.
An organization that has at least two different types of products or services to offer.
An organization that incorporates elements of non-profit and for profit entities or services.
2.Non-profits, non-governmental organizations and donor-funded entities are increasingly under pressure to show more management or commercial approaches and move along the spectrum of organisational forms. Why is this?
1 point
Employees of non-profits tend to leave as they are paid so poorly, so becoming commercially astute would help reduce employee turnover.
Most donor-funded organizations are inefficient and waste money rather than making money.
Many donors who invest in a non-profit are concerned about sustainability.
Ultimately only a fully commercial business is going to succeed in what is a competitive marketplace.
3.How does François define impact investing as a form of funding for a business?
1 point
This is where investors aspire for social and financial value.
This is where investors expect above market returns, although social impact would be a bonus.
This is where investors are only interested in the social impact and require no economic impacts or benefits.
This is where government steps in to invest in potentially high impact projects such as health or education.
4.What three factors does François say need to be taken into account when considering the impact of social innovation?
1 point
The social, environmental and economic impacts.
Employee satisfaction, customer ratings and media exposure.
The social, emotional and psychological impacts.
The profit, sales and revenue figures.
5.Which of the following tools could be used to measure whether a social innovation is achieving the intended effects on the need or issue being addressed?
1 point
Triple bottom line reporting.
Integrated reporting and balanced scorecard.
Cost-benefit analysis.
All of the above
6.How has the Street Store scaled and diffused their model?
1 point
They sold their idea and rights to reuse the brand to a private organisation.
They used social media to create awareness of their product.
They charged $1.75 million dollars to franchise their idea globally.
By following an open-source approach, they have anyone in the world to open up their own Street Store.
7.What legal structure has RLabs adopted in order to operate with both a social and business mission?
1 point
Hybrid non-profit and business.
It operates as a non-profit exclusively.
Certified B-corp.
It operates primarily as a for profit business entity.
8.What kinds of financing has RLabs been able to generate because of this legal structure and business model?
1 point
Donor charity funds.
Capital investment through loans or equity from financial or impact investors.
Primarily reinvested profit and surplus funds from self generated revenue.
All of the above
9.Why is it more complicated for RLabs to measure the success of its social innovation than it is for a traditional commercial business?
1 point
Social innovation’s impacts can’t be measured as there aren’t the tools or indicators to measure for social impact.
People working in social impact organizations tend not to have the accounting and professional skills to be able to monitor how well the organisation is doing.
It’s neither more or less complicated as both kinds of organizations have goals and it’s relatively easy to see whether they achieve their goals.
A commercial business has a single measure of success – profit – which is more straightforward to measure.
10.How has RLabs’ ability to be largely self-sustaining financially impacted their strategic decision-making?
1 point
It has allowed the organization to be flexible strategically and operationally.
It has allowed the organization to position themselves to be more attractive to investors.
It has allowed the organization to distribute surplus profits to the community.
It has allowed the organization to distribute surplus profits to the RLabs directors to as an incentive to work for the community.
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