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5. “All groups and organizations should function as teams in which everyone makes decisions and shares responsibilities and duties. Giving one person central authority and responsibility for a project or task is not an effective way to get work done.””所有的團體和組織都應(yīng)該作為一個每個人都參與決定、分享責任和義務(wù)的團隊來運作。給予一個人對一個項目和行動的權(quán)威和責任不是完成工作的有效方式?！?BR> 9. “Employees should keep their private lives and personal activities as separate as possible from the workplace.”“雇員應(yīng)該保持他們的私人生活和個人行為盡量遠離工作場所。”
23. “Schools should be responsible only for teaching academic skills and not for teaching ethical and social values.”“學校只應(yīng)該負責教學術(shù)技能而不負責教道德價值和社會價值?！?BR> 27. “A company’s long-term success is primarily dependent on the job satisfaction and the job security felt by the company’s employees.”
29. “Too many people think only about getting results. The key to success, however, is to focus on the specific task at hand and not to worry about results.””太多人只想得到結(jié)果。成功的關(guān)鍵在于注意手邊特定的事情而不要擔心結(jié)果。”
33. “People are likely to accept as a leader only someone who has demonstrated an ability to perform the same tasks that he or she expects others to perform.” “人們只愿意接受這樣的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)：他能完成他要求別人完成的任務(wù)。”
34. “All citizens should be required to perform a specified amount of public service. Such service would benefit not only the country as a whole but also the individual participants.” “所有市民都應(yīng)該被要求完成一定量的公共服務(wù)。這樣的
服務(wù)不但將從整體上給國家?guī)砗锰?，也能給個人參與者帶來好處?！?BR> 36. “Businesses and other organizations have overemphasized the importance of working as a team. Clearly, in any human group, it is the strong individual, the person with the most commitment and energy, who gets things done.”
37. “Since science and technology are becoming more and more essential to modern society, schools should devote more time to teaching science and technology and less to teaching the arts and humanities.” “由于對現(xiàn)代社會來說，科學和技術(shù)正在變得越來越根本，學校應(yīng)該投入更多的時間來教授科學技術(shù)而減少藝術(shù)和人文的教育?！?BR> 39. “It is difficult for people to achieve professional success without sacrificing important aspects of a fulfilling personal life.” “人們要在不犧牲實現(xiàn)個人生活的重要方面的情況下達到專業(yè)的成功是很難的?！?BR> 40. “With the increasing emphasis on a global economy and international cooperation, people need to understand that their role as citizens of the world is more important than their role as citizens of a particular country.””隨著對全球經(jīng)濟和跨國公司的關(guān)注增加，人們需要理解他們作為世界公民的角色比作為一個特定國家的公民的角色更重要?！?BR> 42. “Scientists are continually redefining the standards for what is beneficial or harmful to the environment. Since these standards keep shifting, companies should resist changing their products and processes in response to each new recommendation until those recommendations become government regulations.” “科學家在不斷重新指定對環(huán)境什么是有利的、什么是有害的標準。由于這些標準不斷變動，面對新建議，公司應(yīng)該保持他們的產(chǎn)品和流程不變直至新的建議成為國家標準為止。”
45. “The most effective way for a businessperson to maximize profits over a long period of time is to follow the highest standards of ethics.” “商務(wù)人員在長期內(nèi)實現(xiàn)利潤化的途徑是遵循標準的道德?！?BR> 57. “Everywhere, it seems, there are clear and positive signs that people are becoming more respectful of one another’s differences.”
60. “Employers should have no right to obtain information about their employees’ health or other aspects of their personal lives without the employees’ permission.”
62. “What education fails to teach us is to see the human community as one. Rather than focus on the unique differences that separate one nation from another, education should focus on the similarities among all people and places on Earth.”
67. “Work greatly influences people’s personal lives—their special interests, their leisure activities, even their appearance away from the workplace.”
68. “Since the physical work environment affects employee productivity and morale, the employees themselves should have the right to decide how their workplace is designed.” “由于物理工作環(huán)境影響雇員的生產(chǎn)力和士氣，雇員自身應(yīng)該有權(quán)決定如何設(shè)計他們的工作場所?！?BR> 111. “Because of recent advancements in business and technology, the overall quality of life in most societies has never been better than at the present time.”
114. “Technology ultimately separates and alienates people more than it serves to bring them together.”
132. “Governments should not be responsible for regulating businesses and other organizations. Instead, society would benefit if the organizations themselves assumed responsibility for establishing and enforcing their own standards and regulations.”“政府不應(yīng)該對規(guī)范企業(yè)和其他組織負責。相反，如果組織自身承擔建立和執(zhí)行他們自己的標準和規(guī)范的責任，那么社會會得利。”
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1. The following appeared as part of an annual report sent to stockholders by Olympic Foods, a processor of frozen foods.
“Over time, the costs of processing go down because as organizations learn how to do things better, they become more efficient. In color film processing, for example, the cost of a 3-by-5-inch print fell from 50 cents for five-day service in 1970 to 20 cents for one-day service in 1984. The same principle applies to the processing of food. And since Olympic Foods will soon celebrate its twenty-fifth birthday, we can expect that our long experience will enable us to minimize costs and thus maximize profits.”
下面摘自一家冷凍食品處理商(processor)奧林匹克食品提交給股東的年報：隨著時間流逝，由于機構(gòu)了解了做好事情的方法進而提高了效率，處理的成本會降低。比如在彩色膠卷處理方面，3/5英寸照片的成本從1970年的5天50cent降至1984年的1天20cent。同樣的規(guī)律適用于食品處理方面。由于奧林匹克食品即將慶祝它的25歲生日，我們可以指望我們長期的經(jīng)驗會使我們達到最小的成本和的利潤。
2. The following appeared in a memorandum from the business department of the Apogee Company.
“When the Apogee Company had all its operations in one location, it was more profitable than it is today. Therefore, the Apogee Company should close down its field offices (n. 外地辦事處) and conduct all its operations from a single location. Such centralization would improve profitability by cutting costs and helping the company maintain better supervision of all employees.”
28. The following appeared in the editorial section of a local newspaper.
“Commuter use of the new subway train is exceeding the transit company’s projections. However, commuter use of the shuttle buses that transport people to the subway stations is below the projected volume. If the transit company expects commuters to ride the shuttle buses to the subway rather than drive there, it must either reduce the shuttle bus fares or increase the price of parking at the subway stations.”
31. The following appeared as part of the business plan of an investment and financial consulting firm.
“Studies suggest that an average coffee drinker’s consumption of coffee increases with age, from age 10 through age 60. Even after age 60, coffee consumption remains high. The average cola drinker’s consumption of cola, however, declines with increasing age. Both of these trends have remained stable for the past 40 years. Given that the number of older adults will significantly increase as the population ages over the next 20 years, it follows that the demand for coffee will increase and the demand for cola will decrease during this period. We should, therefore, consider transferring our investments from Cola Loca to Early Bird Coffee.”
34. The following appeared as part of a plan proposed by an executive of the Easy Credit Company to the president.
“The Easy Credit Company would gain an advantage over competing credit card services if we were to donate a portion of the proceeds from the use of our cards to a well-known environmental organization in exchange for the use of its symbol or logo on our card. Since a recent poll shows that a large percentage of the public is concerned about environmental issues, this policy would attract new customers, increase use among existing customers, and enable us to charge interest rates that are higher than the lowest ones available.”
38. The following appeared in the editorial section of a campus newspaper.
“Because occupancy rates for campus housing fell during the last academic year, so did housing revenues. To solve the problem, campus housing officials should reduce the number of available housing units, thereby increasing the occupancy rates. Also, to keep students from choosing to live off-campus, housing officials should lower the rents, thereby increasing demand.”
校園報紙的社論：
因為校園住宅的使用率在過去的學年中下降了，住宅收入也下降了。為了解決這個問題，校園住宅辦公室應(yīng)該減少可使用的住宅單元，從而增加使用率。同樣的，為了不讓學生選擇住在校外，住宅辦公室應(yīng)該降低租金來擴大需求。
39. The following appeared in an Avia Airlines departmental memorandum.
“On average, 9 out of every 1,000 passengers who traveled on Avia Airlines last year filed a complaint about our baggage-handling procedures. This means that although some 1 percent of our passengers were unhappy with those procedures, the overwhelming majority were quite satisfied with them; thus it would appear that a review of the procedures is not important to our goal of maintaining or increasing the number of Avia’s passengers.”
40. The following appeared as part of an article in a weekly newsmagazine.
“The country of Sacchar can best solve its current trade deficit problem by lowering the price of sugar, its primary export. Such an action would make Sacchar better able to compete for markets with other sugar-exporting countries. The sale of Sacchar’s sugar abroad would increase, and this increase would substantially reduce Sacchar’s trade deficit.”
42. The following appeared in the opinion section of a national newsmagazine.
“To reverse the deterioration of the postal service, the government should raise the price of postage stamps. This solution will no doubt prove effective, since the price increase will generate larger revenues and will also reduce the volume of mail, thereby eliminating the strain on the existing system and contributing to improved morale.”
47. The following appeared as part of an article in the business section of a local newspaper.
“The owners of the Cumquat Cafe evidently made a good business decision in moving to a new location, as can be seen from the fact that the Cafe will soon celebrate its second anniversary there. Moreover, it appears that businesses are not likely to succeed at the old location: since the Cafe’s move, three different businesses—a tanning salon, an antique emporium, and a pet–grooming shop—have occupied its former spot.”
52. The following editorial appeared in the Elm City paper.
“The construction last year of a shopping mall in downtown Oak City was a mistake. Since the mall has opened, a number of local businesses have closed, and the downtown area suffers from an acute parking shortage, and arrests for crime and vagrancy have increased in the nearby Oak City Park. Elm City should pay attention to the example of the Oak City mall and deny the application to build a shopping mall in Elm City.”
70. The following appeared as part of a recommendation from the business manager of a department store.
“Local clothing stores reported that their profits decreased, on average, for the three-month period between August 1 and October 31. Stores that sell products for the home reported that, on average, their profits increased during this same period. Clearly, consumers are choosing to buy products for their homes instead of clothing. To take advantage of this trend, we should reduce the size of our clothing departments and enlarge our home furnishings and household products departments.”
86. The following appeared as part of an article in the business section of a daily newspaper.
“Company A has a large share of the international market in video-game hardware and software. Company B, the pioneer in these products, was once a $12 billion-a-year giant but collapsed when children became bored with its line of products. Thus Company A can also be expected to fail, especially given the fact that its games are now in so many American homes that the demand for them is nearly exhausted.”
日報的商業(yè)版：公司a在視頻游戲的硬件軟件方面有很大的國際市場份額。公司b是這些產(chǎn)品的先鋒，而且曾經(jīng)一度是年收入120億元的巨人，但在孩子們厭倦了它的系列產(chǎn)品后崩潰了。因此公司a也將失敗，考慮到它的產(chǎn)品已經(jīng)占據(jù)了那么多的美國家庭，對他的需求已經(jīng)接近枯竭。
92. The following is taken from an editorial in a local newspaper.
“Over the past decade, the price per pound of citrus fruit has increased substantially. Eleven years ago, Megamart charged 5 cents apiece for lemons, but today it commonly charges over 30 cents apiece. In only one of these last eleven years was the weather unfavorable for growing citrus crops. Evidently, then, citrus growers have been responsible for the excessive increase in the price of citrus fruit, and strict pricing regulations are needed to prevent them from continuing to inflate prices.”
97. The following appeared as part of an article in a computer magazine.
“A year ago Apex Manufacturing bought its managers computers for their homes and paid for telephone connections so that they could access Apex computers and data files from home after normal business hours. Since last year, productivity at Apex has increased by 15 percent. Other companies can learn from the success at Apex: given home computers and access to company resources, employees will work additional hours at home and thereby increase company profits.”
99. The following appeared in an editorial from a newspaper serving the town of Saluda.
“The Saluda Consolidated High School offers over 200 different courses from which its students can choose. A much smaller private school down the street offers a basic curriculum of only 80 different courses, but it consistently sends a higher proportion of its graduating seniors on to college than Consolidated does. By eliminating at least half of the courses offered there and focusing on a basic curriculum, we could improve student performance at Consolidated and also save many tax dollars.”
102. The following appeared as part of a business plan created by the management of the Take
Heart
Fitness
Center.
“After opening the new swimming pool early last summer, Take Heart saw a 12 percent increase in the use of the center by members. Therefore, in order to increase the number of our members and thus our revenues, which depend on membership fees, we should continue to add new recreational facilities in subsequent years: for example, a multipurpose game room, a tennis court, and a miniature golf course. Being the only center in the area offering this range of activities would give us a competitive advantage in the health and recreation market.”
5. “All groups and organizations should function as teams in which everyone makes decisions and shares responsibilities and duties. Giving one person central authority and responsibility for a project or task is not an effective way to get work done.””所有的團體和組織都應(yīng)該作為一個每個人都參與決定、分享責任和義務(wù)的團隊來運作。給予一個人對一個項目和行動的權(quán)威和責任不是完成工作的有效方式?！?BR> 9. “Employees should keep their private lives and personal activities as separate as possible from the workplace.”“雇員應(yīng)該保持他們的私人生活和個人行為盡量遠離工作場所。”
23. “Schools should be responsible only for teaching academic skills and not for teaching ethical and social values.”“學校只應(yīng)該負責教學術(shù)技能而不負責教道德價值和社會價值?！?BR> 27. “A company’s long-term success is primarily dependent on the job satisfaction and the job security felt by the company’s employees.”
29. “Too many people think only about getting results. The key to success, however, is to focus on the specific task at hand and not to worry about results.””太多人只想得到結(jié)果。成功的關(guān)鍵在于注意手邊特定的事情而不要擔心結(jié)果。”
33. “People are likely to accept as a leader only someone who has demonstrated an ability to perform the same tasks that he or she expects others to perform.” “人們只愿意接受這樣的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)：他能完成他要求別人完成的任務(wù)。”
34. “All citizens should be required to perform a specified amount of public service. Such service would benefit not only the country as a whole but also the individual participants.” “所有市民都應(yīng)該被要求完成一定量的公共服務(wù)。這樣的
服務(wù)不但將從整體上給國家?guī)砗锰?，也能給個人參與者帶來好處?！?BR> 36. “Businesses and other organizations have overemphasized the importance of working as a team. Clearly, in any human group, it is the strong individual, the person with the most commitment and energy, who gets things done.”
37. “Since science and technology are becoming more and more essential to modern society, schools should devote more time to teaching science and technology and less to teaching the arts and humanities.” “由于對現(xiàn)代社會來說，科學和技術(shù)正在變得越來越根本，學校應(yīng)該投入更多的時間來教授科學技術(shù)而減少藝術(shù)和人文的教育?！?BR> 39. “It is difficult for people to achieve professional success without sacrificing important aspects of a fulfilling personal life.” “人們要在不犧牲實現(xiàn)個人生活的重要方面的情況下達到專業(yè)的成功是很難的?！?BR> 40. “With the increasing emphasis on a global economy and international cooperation, people need to understand that their role as citizens of the world is more important than their role as citizens of a particular country.””隨著對全球經(jīng)濟和跨國公司的關(guān)注增加，人們需要理解他們作為世界公民的角色比作為一個特定國家的公民的角色更重要?！?BR> 42. “Scientists are continually redefining the standards for what is beneficial or harmful to the environment. Since these standards keep shifting, companies should resist changing their products and processes in response to each new recommendation until those recommendations become government regulations.” “科學家在不斷重新指定對環(huán)境什么是有利的、什么是有害的標準。由于這些標準不斷變動，面對新建議，公司應(yīng)該保持他們的產(chǎn)品和流程不變直至新的建議成為國家標準為止。”
45. “The most effective way for a businessperson to maximize profits over a long period of time is to follow the highest standards of ethics.” “商務(wù)人員在長期內(nèi)實現(xiàn)利潤化的途徑是遵循標準的道德?！?BR> 57. “Everywhere, it seems, there are clear and positive signs that people are becoming more respectful of one another’s differences.”
60. “Employers should have no right to obtain information about their employees’ health or other aspects of their personal lives without the employees’ permission.”
62. “What education fails to teach us is to see the human community as one. Rather than focus on the unique differences that separate one nation from another, education should focus on the similarities among all people and places on Earth.”
67. “Work greatly influences people’s personal lives—their special interests, their leisure activities, even their appearance away from the workplace.”
68. “Since the physical work environment affects employee productivity and morale, the employees themselves should have the right to decide how their workplace is designed.” “由于物理工作環(huán)境影響雇員的生產(chǎn)力和士氣，雇員自身應(yīng)該有權(quán)決定如何設(shè)計他們的工作場所?！?BR> 111. “Because of recent advancements in business and technology, the overall quality of life in most societies has never been better than at the present time.”
114. “Technology ultimately separates and alienates people more than it serves to bring them together.”
132. “Governments should not be responsible for regulating businesses and other organizations. Instead, society would benefit if the organizations themselves assumed responsibility for establishing and enforcing their own standards and regulations.”“政府不應(yīng)該對規(guī)范企業(yè)和其他組織負責。相反，如果組織自身承擔建立和執(zhí)行他們自己的標準和規(guī)范的責任，那么社會會得利。”
AA
1. The following appeared as part of an annual report sent to stockholders by Olympic Foods, a processor of frozen foods.
“Over time, the costs of processing go down because as organizations learn how to do things better, they become more efficient. In color film processing, for example, the cost of a 3-by-5-inch print fell from 50 cents for five-day service in 1970 to 20 cents for one-day service in 1984. The same principle applies to the processing of food. And since Olympic Foods will soon celebrate its twenty-fifth birthday, we can expect that our long experience will enable us to minimize costs and thus maximize profits.”
下面摘自一家冷凍食品處理商(processor)奧林匹克食品提交給股東的年報：隨著時間流逝，由于機構(gòu)了解了做好事情的方法進而提高了效率，處理的成本會降低。比如在彩色膠卷處理方面，3/5英寸照片的成本從1970年的5天50cent降至1984年的1天20cent。同樣的規(guī)律適用于食品處理方面。由于奧林匹克食品即將慶祝它的25歲生日，我們可以指望我們長期的經(jīng)驗會使我們達到最小的成本和的利潤。
2. The following appeared in a memorandum from the business department of the Apogee Company.
“When the Apogee Company had all its operations in one location, it was more profitable than it is today. Therefore, the Apogee Company should close down its field offices (n. 外地辦事處) and conduct all its operations from a single location. Such centralization would improve profitability by cutting costs and helping the company maintain better supervision of all employees.”
28. The following appeared in the editorial section of a local newspaper.
“Commuter use of the new subway train is exceeding the transit company’s projections. However, commuter use of the shuttle buses that transport people to the subway stations is below the projected volume. If the transit company expects commuters to ride the shuttle buses to the subway rather than drive there, it must either reduce the shuttle bus fares or increase the price of parking at the subway stations.”
31. The following appeared as part of the business plan of an investment and financial consulting firm.
“Studies suggest that an average coffee drinker’s consumption of coffee increases with age, from age 10 through age 60. Even after age 60, coffee consumption remains high. The average cola drinker’s consumption of cola, however, declines with increasing age. Both of these trends have remained stable for the past 40 years. Given that the number of older adults will significantly increase as the population ages over the next 20 years, it follows that the demand for coffee will increase and the demand for cola will decrease during this period. We should, therefore, consider transferring our investments from Cola Loca to Early Bird Coffee.”
34. The following appeared as part of a plan proposed by an executive of the Easy Credit Company to the president.
“The Easy Credit Company would gain an advantage over competing credit card services if we were to donate a portion of the proceeds from the use of our cards to a well-known environmental organization in exchange for the use of its symbol or logo on our card. Since a recent poll shows that a large percentage of the public is concerned about environmental issues, this policy would attract new customers, increase use among existing customers, and enable us to charge interest rates that are higher than the lowest ones available.”
38. The following appeared in the editorial section of a campus newspaper.
“Because occupancy rates for campus housing fell during the last academic year, so did housing revenues. To solve the problem, campus housing officials should reduce the number of available housing units, thereby increasing the occupancy rates. Also, to keep students from choosing to live off-campus, housing officials should lower the rents, thereby increasing demand.”
校園報紙的社論：
因為校園住宅的使用率在過去的學年中下降了，住宅收入也下降了。為了解決這個問題，校園住宅辦公室應(yīng)該減少可使用的住宅單元，從而增加使用率。同樣的，為了不讓學生選擇住在校外，住宅辦公室應(yīng)該降低租金來擴大需求。
39. The following appeared in an Avia Airlines departmental memorandum.
“On average, 9 out of every 1,000 passengers who traveled on Avia Airlines last year filed a complaint about our baggage-handling procedures. This means that although some 1 percent of our passengers were unhappy with those procedures, the overwhelming majority were quite satisfied with them; thus it would appear that a review of the procedures is not important to our goal of maintaining or increasing the number of Avia’s passengers.”
40. The following appeared as part of an article in a weekly newsmagazine.
“The country of Sacchar can best solve its current trade deficit problem by lowering the price of sugar, its primary export. Such an action would make Sacchar better able to compete for markets with other sugar-exporting countries. The sale of Sacchar’s sugar abroad would increase, and this increase would substantially reduce Sacchar’s trade deficit.”
42. The following appeared in the opinion section of a national newsmagazine.
“To reverse the deterioration of the postal service, the government should raise the price of postage stamps. This solution will no doubt prove effective, since the price increase will generate larger revenues and will also reduce the volume of mail, thereby eliminating the strain on the existing system and contributing to improved morale.”
47. The following appeared as part of an article in the business section of a local newspaper.
“The owners of the Cumquat Cafe evidently made a good business decision in moving to a new location, as can be seen from the fact that the Cafe will soon celebrate its second anniversary there. Moreover, it appears that businesses are not likely to succeed at the old location: since the Cafe’s move, three different businesses—a tanning salon, an antique emporium, and a pet–grooming shop—have occupied its former spot.”
52. The following editorial appeared in the Elm City paper.
“The construction last year of a shopping mall in downtown Oak City was a mistake. Since the mall has opened, a number of local businesses have closed, and the downtown area suffers from an acute parking shortage, and arrests for crime and vagrancy have increased in the nearby Oak City Park. Elm City should pay attention to the example of the Oak City mall and deny the application to build a shopping mall in Elm City.”
70. The following appeared as part of a recommendation from the business manager of a department store.
“Local clothing stores reported that their profits decreased, on average, for the three-month period between August 1 and October 31. Stores that sell products for the home reported that, on average, their profits increased during this same period. Clearly, consumers are choosing to buy products for their homes instead of clothing. To take advantage of this trend, we should reduce the size of our clothing departments and enlarge our home furnishings and household products departments.”
86. The following appeared as part of an article in the business section of a daily newspaper.
“Company A has a large share of the international market in video-game hardware and software. Company B, the pioneer in these products, was once a $12 billion-a-year giant but collapsed when children became bored with its line of products. Thus Company A can also be expected to fail, especially given the fact that its games are now in so many American homes that the demand for them is nearly exhausted.”
日報的商業(yè)版：公司a在視頻游戲的硬件軟件方面有很大的國際市場份額。公司b是這些產(chǎn)品的先鋒，而且曾經(jīng)一度是年收入120億元的巨人，但在孩子們厭倦了它的系列產(chǎn)品后崩潰了。因此公司a也將失敗，考慮到它的產(chǎn)品已經(jīng)占據(jù)了那么多的美國家庭，對他的需求已經(jīng)接近枯竭。
92. The following is taken from an editorial in a local newspaper.
“Over the past decade, the price per pound of citrus fruit has increased substantially. Eleven years ago, Megamart charged 5 cents apiece for lemons, but today it commonly charges over 30 cents apiece. In only one of these last eleven years was the weather unfavorable for growing citrus crops. Evidently, then, citrus growers have been responsible for the excessive increase in the price of citrus fruit, and strict pricing regulations are needed to prevent them from continuing to inflate prices.”
97. The following appeared as part of an article in a computer magazine.
“A year ago Apex Manufacturing bought its managers computers for their homes and paid for telephone connections so that they could access Apex computers and data files from home after normal business hours. Since last year, productivity at Apex has increased by 15 percent. Other companies can learn from the success at Apex: given home computers and access to company resources, employees will work additional hours at home and thereby increase company profits.”
99. The following appeared in an editorial from a newspaper serving the town of Saluda.
“The Saluda Consolidated High School offers over 200 different courses from which its students can choose. A much smaller private school down the street offers a basic curriculum of only 80 different courses, but it consistently sends a higher proportion of its graduating seniors on to college than Consolidated does. By eliminating at least half of the courses offered there and focusing on a basic curriculum, we could improve student performance at Consolidated and also save many tax dollars.”
102. The following appeared as part of a business plan created by the management of the Take
Heart
Fitness
Center.
“After opening the new swimming pool early last summer, Take Heart saw a 12 percent increase in the use of the center by members. Therefore, in order to increase the number of our members and thus our revenues, which depend on membership fees, we should continue to add new recreational facilities in subsequent years: for example, a multipurpose game room, a tennis court, and a miniature golf course. Being the only center in the area offering this range of activities would give us a competitive advantage in the health and recreation market.”