My organization has grown rather rapidly over the past 10 years, having served 139 children and families in 1995 to serving more than 11,000 in 2007. My Board and Leadership Team are looking for an organizational structure that helps better manage our growth from a supervision and leadership perspective, but does not encourage the building of a cold bureaucracy. Any suggestions on how and where we might look for resources to address this organizational need and concern?
You raise a dilemma faced by many successful organizations. Attempting to manage organizational growth and still preserve the founding spirit of an organization is quite a challenge. I hope you will read my piece on Organizational Development on the ACT website as well as the suggested resources. This reading will help you understand how to align human resources structure and strategy with the overall mission, vision, values and stategy for your organization. It should give you insight about how best to restructure to manage growth initiatives yet preserve your unique mission, vision, values and original, relatively informal culture.
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