1.4 Classifying organisation by ownership/control

　　Public sector organisations

　　The public sector is that part of the economy that is concerned with providing basic government services and is thus controlled by government organisations.

　　Illustration 3 – The nature of organisations

　　The composition of the public sector varies by country, but in most countries the public sector includes such services as:

　　§ police

　　§ military

　　§ public roads

　　§ public transit

　　§ primary education and

　　§ healthcare for the poor.

　　Private sector organisations

　　The private sector, comprising non-government organisations, is that part of a nation’s economy that is not controlled by the government.

　　Illustration 4 – The nature of organisations来自www.Examw.com

　　This sector thus includes:

　　§ businesses

　　§ charities and

　　§ clubs.

　　Within these will be profit-seeking and not-for-profit organisations.

　　Co-operatives

　　A co-operative is an autonomous association of persons united voluntary to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically controlled enterprise.

　　(The International Co-operative Alliance Statement on the Co-operative Identity, Manchester 1995).