It ’ s also a lot of hard work . If we ’ re being honest with ourselves , any executive job is a lot of hard work and often , just hard . It can be difficult to make the decisions to fire or layoff employees , cut spending , plan the budget or deliver bad news to shareholders . It can be even harder in the not-for-profit sector though , as bad news or not meeting company goals can mean decreased funding for terribly important things , like cancer research .
But that ’ s just why someone who has studied business administration on a high level is needed . Keeping a not-for-profit running smoothly means the people it helps get what they need . “ It ’ s a significant undertaking to manage a charity ,” David Rose , CEO of HeartKids NSW said in an interview with Business Because . “ There are never enough resources to do a job but I ’ m surrounded by inspirational families and people . My role moves from operations , to promoting our
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