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Compare and contrast the corporate form of organization with sole proprietorships and partnerships. (must be typed out, not in a Chart).
SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP | CORPORATE ORGANIZATION |
Easiest to form | Difficult to form. Numerous legal and procedural formalities involved |
Very limited, finances | Possible to arrange huge finances |
Unlimited liability | Limited liability |
Least stable | Most stable. Company enjoys perpetual succession |
Not much managerial efficiency; because of one man’s limited abilities and capacity to manage | Management very efficient; because of professionally qualified and expert directors and managerial staff |
Practically very less government regulation and control | Strict governmental regulation and control through numerous provisions of the Companies Acts |
Maximum flexibility possible | Flexibility not possible due to legal and procedural problems |
No sharing of profits | Sharing of profits, by way of distribution of dividends |
Maximum personal attention to customers is possible | Because of large size and divorce between ownership and management; personal attention to customers is not possible |
PARTNERSHIP | CORPORATE ORGANIZATION |
Easy to form; need to have a partnership agreement | Difficult to form. Numerous legal and procedural formalities involved |
Finances limited; but not very limited | Possible to arrange huge finances |
Unlimited liability | Limited liability |
Somewhat stable; but differences among partners may lead to dissolution of partnership | Most stable. Company enjoys perpetual succession |
Management quite efficient; because of collective wisdom of partners, in decision-making | Management very efficient; because of professionally qualified and expert directors and managerial staff |
Partnership Act applies; only when the Partnership Deed is silent on any point | Strict governmental regulation and control through numerous provisions of the Companies Act. |
Flexibility possible due to joint decisions of partners | Flexibility not possible due to legal and procedural problems |
Sharing of profits among partners | Sharing of profits, by way of distribution of dividends |
Partners may also pay personal attention to customers | Because of large size and divorce between ownership and management; personal attention to customers is not possible |