Vertical Structure

On this forum a learning organization refers to the organizational style allow for a certain degree of flexibility that hinder being constrain by structure; in simple terms, this approach allows for the organization to not only adapt to, but embrace change in order to attain the desired market position (Purhaghshenas, and Esmatnia, 2012, p.244). On the other hand, an efficient performance organization refers to the classical approach in which a scientific and systematic approach that primarily focused on the administrative and

Sandrae, your discussion board post covered all of the questions thoroughly and accurately. You provided a lot of detailed and well organized information, excellent job. The chart you provided was exceptional and the chart clearly highlights the differences between the structure, tasks, culture, and strategy of the learning organization and performance organization. Vertical and horizontal structures are very different. The horizontal structure eliminates the old school departmental boundaries of the vertical structure and the horizontal structure allows organizations to improve processes (Daft, 2013).

According to our text, “Not-for-profit organizations lack a residual ownership claim and the organization’s purpose is something other than to provide goods and services at a profit.” “Because significant resources are provided to governments and not-for-profit organizations, financial reporting by these organizations is important.” (Page 2).

With an economy driven by our relationship with capitalism and bottom lines, it seems inevitable that nonprofits also tap into these business dealings if they are to survive. The third chapter of Leslie R. Crutchfield’s and Heather McLeod Grant’s book, Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits, titled “Make Markets Work,” delves into the strategies used by nonprofits who harnessed business tactics in an effort to increase their social impact. Using three overall strategies- change business practices; partner with business, and run a business- Crutchfield and McLeod Grant describe how non-profits have achieved successful leverage in the business world.

The most frequent causes of litigation against non-profits and their directors and officers are cases concerning employment, such as discrimination, wrongful termination, and other civil rights. This has been true in the past, and continues to be true even as the business world changes. In fact, it is this changing environment

A nonprofit organization (NPO), can be self-sustaining by adhering to some very simple rules. A nonprofit is described as an organization that “Operates for the common good and not for generating individual wealth: does not distribute its profits to individuals who control the organization such as its members, officers, directors, or trustees. While a non-profit organization can make a profit, the profit it earns must be used toward the core missions of the organization and not towards any personal benefits” (Bennett, 2013). One of the enormous challenges that a

With them paying the CEO or high level executives it is taking away money that is to be used to support the non-profit’s cause. I do believe that employees of non-profit organizations should be paid in a similar range to employees of for Profit Company’s if they are frontline and management employees although I do not believe that the CEO should be paid “150 to 200 times the amount of an average workers wage.” (Bredeson) I do understand that they are doing more and should earn more than an average worker but it shouldn’t be so high in comparison, so I support using the egalitarian viewpoint and to “provide everyone with reasonable access to the wealth that a nation or a company has to divide.”

The goal for non-profit organizations its to set up a demographic for the certain charity and to reach these demographics in a proper way in order to receive donations. The donors do not just donate to anyone. It is important for the organization to first have a good reputation and a good standing. There are many non-profit organizations that do not stay true

The book Charity Case, by Dan Pallotta, explores solutions to the problem many non-profits are encountering: a negative public perception in how these organizations allocate revenues. A sequel to Pallotta’s Uncharitable, a book bringing to light these problems, Charity Case furthers the discussion by offering solutions in how the non-profit sector can tackle these problems. This paper will first discuss one of the primary issues Charity Case aims to solve: legislative and public perceptions of overhead costs relative to program goals. Subsequently, this paper will then discuss the some of the solutions outlined by Pallotta and my takeaways and views of each.

Based on the NASCAR Under Cover Boss video from the YouTube, there are many themes that are related to the organization learning. One of the themes that have been identified in the video is knowledge sharing through teamwork. In the video, it is shown that his friend, known as Dion who is Rear Tire Carrier and his teammate are sharing their knowledge about tire and how to install the tire in the fastest way to their new member which is the Uncover boss. According to (Nelson, 1993), successful knowledge sharing results in firms mastering and getting into practice product designs, manufacturing processes, and organizational designs that are new to them. Sharing knowledge is common in some organization. Sharing knowledge is important for creating the fast solution and improves the response time. Organization are keep on changing nowadays either in technology, culture and structure. Through sharing knowledge, people can be up-to-date and are getting proper guidance to perform their job without any delays. Moreover, people can also improve their relationship and are comfortable dealing with their teammate when sharing knowledge is implementing into the organization and thus increasing the efficiency of the work.

Whenever looking at financials, a certain level of accountability and understanding is needed to be able to have great measurability of success. That is the case for any individual especially when applying this thought of rational to a business or corporation even more accountability, understanding, and most importantly precision are needed to successfully bring in as well as continue financial sustainability. When dealing within a corporation there are many levels to adhere to within the financial everyday aspects of the corporation being ran with precision. So what happens when an organization is not ran financially like a corporation yet deals with almost the same kind of aspects? A non-profit organization can be one

This causes tension, as some long term members of the nonprofit sector feel that businessmen and women don’t appreciate the hard work that goes into nonprofits as well as the unique struggle of balancing business and social interests. For-profit board members are not used to the increased focus on social outcomes, and other members might get frustrated their increased focus on business outcomes and the bottom line. Measuring the success of nonprofits can be very frustrating, as it is significantly more difficult to measure social change as opposed to profit margins. As a result, “Too many cross-sector partnerships fail because business leaders can’t accommodate the nonprofit sector’s different culture and demands [and don’t realize that] in fact it’s harder to succeed in the nonprofit world” (Silverman & Taliento

The biggest thing I learned this semester is where to appropriately place commas and how parallel structure is really important. I never really noticed how much simple commas could change a whole story. Parallel structure is probably going to help me out a lot later in life especially in college because it just sounds better. It sounds more professional when you write things and the flow goes along with it. I learned that having people read over your work is probably the best thing you can do for yourself. It helps a lot when other people can help you see the mistakes you may have missed a thousand times before.

A non-profit organization cannot be effectively managed if it is not effectively planned. One of the challenges facing non-profit organizations has been long range, strategic planning. Long range, strategic planning in the non-profit sector is essential to the success of an organization. Long range, strategic planning encompasses broad policy and direction setting, internal and external assessments, attention to key stakeholders, the identification of key issues, development of strategies to deal with each issue, decision making, action and the continuous monitoring of results. (Herman, The Jossey-Bass Handbook of Nonprofit Leadership and Management, 154) While it is important to deal with the short term planning and activities of non-profits, managers or directors must consider the future of their organizations. Successful planning should be comprehensive, integrating all areas of responsibility of an organization.

A not for profit organization is a corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive (Legal, 2013).” There are immense community benefits as a not-for-profit generally accepts everyone regardless of ability to pay. Nonprofit organizations are granted tax-exempt status which helps them to provide services to the public and are expected to be effective managers of their finances as well as being efficient (Financial Management, 2010). In doing so, they can gain exemptions from federal and state incomes taxes and have the ability to solicit tax-deductible contributions (Financial Management, 2010). Organization must follow legal financial