Organizational Analysis American Red Cross

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American Red Cross2

Introduction2

Nature of Work2

Official and Operative Goals at ARC3

Supporting the American Military Families3

Relief from Disaster3

Transfer of Skills3

Blood accumulation for Saving Lives4

Goals Determination4

Multiple Goals and ARC4

Goal Displacement and its Influence4

Impact of Goal Displacement on Organization5

Organizational Structure6

Structural influence on Distribution of Power and Control6

Management at ARC and their Effect on Employees and Clients7

Role of Women and other Genres7

Organizations External Environment8

Organizational Theories11

Major Strengths and Weaknesses12

Recommendation12

References13

American Red Cross

Introduction

American Red Cross or ARC is often referred as the American National Red Cross. It is non-profit organization that is mainly depending on the generous aid of volunteers and the volunteers who should be ready to work in the field. The nature of this agency makes it extremely positive in the society. The image of the organization is supported by almost every human being in every country. The future of ARC carries several prospects and intends to join in with many organizations for the sake of acquiring the needed resources and acknowledgement. . The labels used to distinguish these organizations from government and private-sector corporations reveal their merits: nonprofit, accenting altruism and disregard of self-interest; charitable, referring to reliance on donations and generosity; and voluntary, indicating the significance of volunteers as a primary resource. They are powerful generators of social value for certain, but they also create economic value (Bolton & Guest-Jelly, 2013).

Nature of Work

ARC struggles to provide the needy people with shelters, food and emotional support to the victims and families affected by disasters. It excels in the provision of around forty percent of the nation's blood. They works on the rehabilitation of the people by incurring in them the skills that can help them earn respectfully. They help in enhancing the ratio of life among the people and teach them the skills helpful in saving lives and render worldwide humanitarian support. There is another prominent aspect o f their work that tends to provide support to the families of military people (Shawn, 2013).

Official and Operative Goals at ARC

Supporting the American Military Families

They tend to support the families of the military personnel during emergencies by utilizing advanced technologies to establish communication and quickly connect military with their families. The Red Cross workers also create the link between them and local communities. They enhance the resilience among the families of military personnel. The absence causes numerous complications in the family members. On the other hand, they come in direct contact with the military by helping them the stress of being grounded due to injuries and wounds at military hospitals (American Red Cross, 2013).

Relief from Disaster

The Congress in U.S. has termed Red Cross as a national and international system for the stipulation of the needed relief work at peaceful periods and apply the identical in extenuating the miseries caused due to deadly diseases, famine, fire-out-break, floods and other wide ranged natural calamities. They believe in fulfilling the immediate needs of the ailing humanities. They also care about the emergency workers as in fire fighter jobs. On the whole, they collect the needed resources ...