Organizations

of purpose of the organization or clear articulation of what the organization currently does. A vision is an organizational hope for the future or what leaders want the organization to achieve when it is accomplishing its purpose or mission. The values are the guiding principles the leaders and employees of the organization will not compromise while they are in the process of achieving mission or vision of the organization. The strategic goals are the end results the organization pursues to…

In the article “Building Diversity in Organizations”, it presents a human service organization that was worrying about the lack of diversity for the higher rank. This organization had a diverse of people as clients and staffs; however, the board was lacking the idea of diversity. When I was interning at the Arc of the Triangle, my supervisor had stated that they were struggling to have a diverse group of people on the board. On the board, they had people with different occupations, but not age…

The term organization can be defined many ways. An organization is body of people within a business or society that is organized and has a specific purpose. Many factors go into the fabrics of these organizations. There are two types of organizations, a closed model and open model; each having their own characteristics. There are also different types of organizations such as public and nonprofit organizations. Lastly there are different methods of administrating these organizations. The closed…

Yolanda R. Beasley Argosy University Organization Assessment April 3rd, 2016 Open organizations have hierarchies, we like to think of these as merit-based and they sometimes tend to invert the pyramid with hi-performing individual contributors near the tops and their support base basically supporting them. Perhaps there is a low grade fever of disrespect for what our different specialists specialize in when we may not understand, nor be interested in what they are doing. We have…

Description of what was learned Nonprofit organization function in a variety of stages. No one stage determines whether the organization will continue to be prosperous or go into decline, as the path to decline can occur at any stage. Organization life stages are somewhat like stages of human development in that birth and infancy is like stage one; childhood to found and fame; adolescent and young adulthood to ground and grow; adulthood to produce and sustain; review and reflect is similar to…

need to remember is that nonprofit organizations has no dominant ownership. Therefore effective resource utilization has to be guaranteed to not only sustain their business but also to be successful as nonprofit organizations in the field (Fama & Jensen, 1983), and Fama and Jensen (1983) suggest monitoring the agent as one of major board roles in nonprofit organizations. Usually in nonprofit organizations, we consider the agent is executive director of the organization and the principal is the…

week, you have chosen a very good non-profit organization to discuss this week. As great as our country is and the abundant resources we have, it’s hard to believe that hunger is still a major issue in this country. But feeding is an organization that helps feed individuals and families that would contemplate where their next meal was going to come from. The concepts you touched upon in your discussion board are very important and vital to the organizations success. In addition to the concepts…

The Carmichael Organization has many factors affecting its day to day operations. Furthermore, it is how the leadership prioritizes and responds to these factors that truly lead to a positive or negative work environment. It's my assessment that in times when the company is being reactive responding to external forces such as deadlines on a large job, you start to work more for the product than for the people. Furthermore, I feel as a leader you should look at the internal factors affecting your…

Week One Journal Place the name of the Not-For-Profit Organization here: Shriners Hospitals for Children Place the name of the For-Profit Organization here: Wal-Mart Corporate Reflection Prompt # 1 Consequentialism, Deontology, and Virtue Theory 1.) Consequentialism Moral principles have occurred for many ages and are frequently tested and questioned by researchers and thinkers. They are the ethical standards from which leadership can be attained along the pathway to an evaluation.…

Teams are part of a larger collective that serves as an extension of management representing the vision and value of a nonprofit. As a self-governing, open system, that is mission driven, the charitable sectors support and success is often reliant on external resources and the individual and interdependent relationships of teams, boards, managers, and volunteers (Worth, 2014). While the organizational culture of a nonprofit dictates management and leadership style, the commitment of…