The profit motive and its offspring, maximization of profits, are just as irrelevant to the function of a business, the purpose of a business and the job of managing a business.
同理，利潤動機以及衍生而來的“利潤最大化”理論，和企業的功能、目的以及企業管理的內容都毫無關係。
In fact, the concept is worse than irrelevant. It does harm.
事實上，更糟的是，這個觀念還帶來危害。
It is a major cause for the misunderstanding of the nature of profit in our society and for the deep-seated hostility to profit which are among the most dangerous diseases of an industrial society.
導致我們的社會誤解利潤的本質，並對利潤懷有根深蒂固的敵意，視之為工業社會最危險的疾病。
It is largely responsible for the worst mistakes of public policy — in this country as well as in western Europe — which are squarely based on a lack of understanding of the nature, function and purpose of business enterprise.
這個觀念也要為美國和西歐最嚴重的公共政策錯誤負很大的責任——由於政府對企業的本質、功能和目的缺乏瞭解，而導致錯誤決策。
REFERENCE:
- profit motive 利潤動機
- offspring 衍生而來，產物
- maximization of profits 利潤最大化
- irrelevant 毫無關係的
- function 功能
- business 企業
- purpose 目的
- manage a business 企業管理
- in fact 事實上
- concept 觀念
- worse 更糟的
- harm 危害
- major 主要的
- cause 導致
- misunderstanding 誤解
- nature 本質
- deep-seated hostility 根深蒂固的敵意
- dangerous diseases 危險的疾病
- industrial society 工業社會
- largely 很大的
- responsible 負有責任的
- mistake 錯誤
- public policy 公共政策
- as well as 和
- western Europe 西歐
- squarely 正好，完全
- based on 由於，基於
- lack of 缺乏
- understanding 瞭解
- business enterprise 企業
本文內容來源參考書籍《管理的實踐》
The Practice of Management
Peter F. Drucker
* 本書為第一部從實際執行層面立論的管理學書籍，第一部兼顧管理現有企業和創新未來企業的著作
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