Journal Entry 6

J.Feder
11/12/08

Journal Entry 6 for Ag Leadership

For this journal entry, I was supposed to research the web for a crisis that an organization is experiencing. Upon finding such information, I was to use that information to answer the following questions. Who is the leader in alleviating the crisis and what skills/ expertise do they bring? How does the leader involve the followers? How does the leader create a work place favorable to crisis prevention? Last but not least, the influence of integrity and ethical decision making in solving the problem. I found many crises within organizations but my research was unable to specifically answer the questions above. I found that the S.P.C.A., Blood Blank, and Food Bank all have crisis. The common factor in all of these organizations is a lack of money. These non-profit organizations run on donations and during these hard economic times many people cannot afford to donate, bringing the overall cash flow of the organizations down. This in turn causes the organizations to cut many services that are good for the community. The organization(s) prevents this crisis and/or manage it by taking a proactive role- by calling people for donations, mailing out donation request forms, and applying for grant money. Each of the organizations is also experiencing crises that pertain only to them. For example- S.P.C.A’s around the country are filled to the brim with unwanted animals and many of them are put to sleep needlessly. This is due to several reasons. Many of these animals are a result of previous animals not being spayed or neutered. Others are survivors of abuse and abandonment. The S.P.C.A. deals with these crises by educating the public to spay/neuter their pets and also by raising awareness of animal cruelty and the cost of providing for the animals. The blood bank and food bank also fare the crisis of not having enough flood and blood. They try to prevent it and solve it in the same steps as the S.P.C.A. does- education and awareness. In short all organizations have crises but it takes not just a leader, but everyone to prevent/solve them.