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Public and Private Sector Aims

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Students investigate the competing aims of businesses in the private and public sector. They examine the difference between a public sector organization and a private sector organization, along with the major objectives of business activity in the public sector and the major aims of business activity in the private sector

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Grade
10th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Year
2007

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