What aspects of the nonprofit sector would make these situations challenging? Vignette 1: Your…

What aspects of the nonprofit sector would make these
situations challenging? Vignette 1: Your nonprofit organization serves vast
rural areas of Nevada. In order to build bridges with decision-makers and other
stakeholders in the rural areas of the state, senior management often travels
together to disparate locations. As the director of human resources, you
receive a call in the middle of the night informing you a car with several of
your top staff members and the Board President was in a serious accident,
leaving no survivors. You are shocked and upset at the loss of life but also
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What aspects of the nonprofit sector would make these
situations challenging? Vignette 1: Your nonprofit organization serves vast
rural areas of Nevada. In order to build bridges with decision-makers and other
stakeholders in the rural areas of the state, senior management often travels
together to disparate locations. As the director of human resources, you
receive a call in the middle of the night informing you a car with several of
your top staff members and the Board President was in a serious accident,
leaving no survivors. You are shocked and upset at the loss of life but also
dismayed at the damage this may present for your nonprofit organization. The
next morning as you arrive at work, you turn to your office manager and pose
the question, “What do we do? Do we even know who is in charge?”

Vignette 2: On the way to a meeting in Mexico, the CEO of a
large environmental nonprofit organization is seized and held for ransom by a
gang of criminals who engage in kidnapping for profit. They demand $1 million
within 72 hours for her safe return. The other executives in the organization
call a meeting to develop a plan on how best to resolve the situation for both
the CEO and the organization.

Vignette 3: Veronica, the distribution management supervisor
for the food bank, just called in sick after years without an absence. She
handles all the distribution and scheduling of delivery, as well as overseeing
volunteers for distribution. The manager of the department does not know how
all the distribution systems function, absent this individual. In part, this is
because Veronica is the only one who knows how all of the pieces fit together
in terms of operations. The manager is sure that distributions will not go well
because Veronica has no trained backup

Vignette 4: Bill Well is preparing to retire as the
Executive Director (ED) of Clean Water for Everyone. For years, Bill has been
working with Yen Chen to take over as the next ED. Yen has held the post of
executive vice president and chief operating officer, and his performance has
been exemplary in those positions. Bill is convinced Yen will make an excellent
ED. Not everyone is as convinced, which begins to make Bill nervous as he nears
his retirement date. Several other executives and the board of directors have
asked him privately if Yen is really able to take on this role, since he is
rumored to have possible issues in his personal life and his relationship with
some of the women in the nonprofit is problematic. They do not think he can
overcome his personal issues to become an effective leader. Bill feels he owes
the job to Yen and hates to involve himself in the personal lives of his
employees. But he has started considering whether to initiate an executive
search for a ED candidate from outside of the organization.

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