Corporate Structure and Governance
“One World” is an organization that strictly follows the nonprofit organizational structure to ensure that the federal and state laws are adhered to. At the top of the hierarchy is the “Board of Directors or Trustees” and their work is to provide a sense of direction to the organization. The board works to implement policies that govern the organization and overseeing all the organizational duties. The board will have between 8 to 10 members to ensure prudent decision-making processes (Foley, 2009). A history of working in a nonprofit organization is important to be qualified and accepted as a board member. The ultimate disqualification for a board member is engagement in corrupt dealings, favoritism, lack of interest in fulfilling organizational work and other unprofessional behaviors.
The Executive Director then comes under the board to fulfill different functions that are delegated by the board. He or she will have an assistant to oversee the functions of different positions under the director. The positions will constitute the Development Director, Program Director, Functional Divisions, and the Volunteer Director. These positions will be occupied with the minimal academic qualification being an undergraduate degree or diploma in the specified field (Foley, 2009). The importance of creating this qualification is to bar people that possess less qualification not to enter these positions as the organizational efficiency must be always at its peak. Other positions under these will be the Special Events Assistant, Housing Coordinator and the Volunteer Coordinator, Workforce Coordinator, Public Assistance Coordinator, and the Human Resources workers. Importantly, the Finance department will have its specified department to cater for all the issues related with finance.
Conflict of interests can originate from different factors that are against the principal objectives of the organization. For instance, a member in the board can have selfish reasons to squander money that comes in the form of grants to facilitate the financing of various expenses for the orphans. A professional member can counter the motive, and this can result in the creation of bad blood between them. On the other hand, highly professional directors have the ultimate vision of expanding the organization by sustaining transparency in all organizational workings (Foley, 2009). However, leaders that are less visionary can find this a nuisance and want to run the organization in a poor manner and lead it to inefficiency. Other factors that cause friction among the organization’s leaders can also cause unnecessary misunderstandings that can degenerate into conflicts of interest.