Oct 23, 2017 1:36 AM
Replying to Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD
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Not all projects are profit driven, nor is the passion for project management. Perhaps Danny is more concerned about social projects that benefit a wider community, and that is totally fine. The dissertation you are doing could perhaps be about the intangible benefits of doing social projects that are not financially profitable, but may provide value well into the future and change lives. A project that comes to mind to me was a project to deliver fresh water to a provincial town in the Philippines. The cost/benefit analysis was not based on monetary profits, but by the value to the local community, as assessed by the local community, of having fresh running water to this particular town. Now to Eric's point, a "company" is normally about profit. The company could emerge itself in tenders from the government and other NGO's to deliver projects that provide both a profit to the company (although less than the big consultancy firms, in order to win the job), and provide a real benefit to the community. They call that a win/win in most circles.