Select a global human services organization that holds interest for you as a human services professional (i.e., Africare, CLASP [Connective Link Among Special Needs Programs] International, and Servas). Review the organization’s website, any related press releases, and journal articles that mention its programs or accomplishments. Address these items regarding the organization you select:
What it is about this organization’s services that interests you as human services professional?
How is the organization structured and who are the stakeholders (Board of Directors, investors/funding sources, management team, government agencies, and clients, for example)?
Any information the organization lists regarding employee engagement, motivation, benefits, and/or recognition.
Additionally, imagine you have been hired as a supervisor within this organization. Address these elements: How you would incorporate a contemporary management theory with your staff?
How you would incorporate a motivational theory with your staff?
What traits or experience you look for when hiring new employees?
Describe how you would orient and train new staff in the organization.
Describe the challenges you would face in managing a global organization.
Describe how you would evaluate the effectiveness of the organization, including staff and program effectiveness.
Describe how you would manage and monitor finances and contracts within the organization.