Faith-Based Organizations

Examples of Faith-Based Organizations in the following topics:

• Calvinism

  • The doctrine of justification by faith alone was a direct inheritance from Luther.
  • After the expulsion of Geneva's bishop in 1526, and the unsuccessful attempts of the Berne reformer Guillaume (William) Farel, Calvin was asked to use the organizational skill he had gathered as a student of law to discipline the "fallen city."
  • The book was written as an introductory textbook on the Protestant faith for those with some previous knowledge of theology, and covered a broad range of theological topics, from the doctrines of church and sacraments to justification by faith alone and Christian liberty.
  • Calvin continued to take an interest in the religious affairs of his native land and, from his base in Geneva, beyond the reach of the French king, regularly trained pastors to lead congregations in France.
  • "Unconditional election" asserts that God has chosen from eternity those whom he will bring to himself not based on foreseen virtue, merit, or faith in those people; rather, his choice is unconditionally grounded in his mercy alone.

• New Product Development

  • Organizations put a lot of time and money into new products and thus deploy various methods in an attempt to mitigate the risks.
  • Swinmurn deduced that customer demand was present, and Zappos would eventually grow into a billion dollar business based on the model of selling shoes online.
  • Organizations invest a lot of money to create new products that perform effectively.
  • Swinmurn deduced that customer demand was present, and Zappos would eventually grow into a billion-dollar business based on the model of selling shoes online.
  • Organizations invest a lot of money to create new products that perform effectively.

• The Christian Church

  • They seek to base doctrine and practice on the Bible alone, and seek to be New Testament congregations as originally established by the authority of Christ.
  • The Eastern Orthodox Church bases its claim primarily on its traditions and beliefs of the original Christian Church.
  • They seek to base doctrine and practice on the Bible alone, and seek to be New Testament congregations as originally established by the authority of Christ.
  • The visible church—the institutional body on earth which preaches the gospel and administers the sacrament—consists of all those who visibly join themselves to a profession of faith and gathering together to know and serve the Head of the Church, Jesus Christ.
  • State churches are organizational bodies within a Christian denomination, given official status or operated by a state.

• Working with Management

  • Nonprofit management has the additional task of keeping the faith of donors.
  • Senior management is generally a team of individuals at the highest level of organizational management who have the day-to-day responsibility of managing a company.
  • Individual employees may have ideas on how to improve the business based on their narrower focus and their in-depth relationship with clients.
  • However, every manager is different and priorities may vary based on the project.

• The Role of Management in an Organization

  • Management is tasked with generating an organizational system and integrating operations for high efficiency.
  • Organizational design is largely a function based on systems thinking.
  • Perspective is essential in systems thinking: a manager's role in organizational design is to refrain from thinking of departments, individuals, processes, and problems as separate from the system and instead think of them as indivisible components of the broader organizational process.
  • Organizations can be viewed as systems in which management creates the architecture for the system of production.
  • Managers' role in organizational design is central but must be understood in the context of their overall responsibilities within the organization.

• The Role of Teams in Organizations

  • By combining various employees into strategic groups, a team-based organization can create synergies through team processes.
  • Teams are increasingly common and relevant from an organizational perspective, as globalization and technology continue to expand organizational scope and strategy.
  • In order to maintain synergy between employees and organize resources, teams are increasingly common across industries and organizational types.
  • The primary role of a team is to combine resources, competencies, skills, and bandwidth to achieve organizational objectives.
  • Building a strong organizational culture for successful teams requires commitment to team processes.

• Organizing Tasks

  • Organizing is the function employed to achieve the overall goals of the organization.
  • Organization is a never ending process.
  • Organization is employed to achieve the overall objectives of business firms.
  • Organization focuses attention of individuals objectives towards overall objectives.
  • These days, organization has adapted the modern concept of systems approach based on human relations and it discards the traditional productivity and specialization approach.

• Organized Crime

  • Organized crime refers to transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals.
  • Organized crime refers to transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals for the purpose of engaging in illegal activity, most commonly for monetary profit.
  • Organized crime groups operate as smaller units within the overall network, and as such tend towards valuing significant others, familiarity of social and economic environments, or tradition.
  • The term "street gang" is commonly used interchangeably with "youth gang", referring to neighborhood or street-based youth groups that meet "gang" criteria.
  • Organized crime groups often victimize businesses through the use of extortion or theft and fraud activities like hijacking cargo trucks, robbing goods, committing bankruptcy fraud, insurance fraud, or stock fraud.

• Network Structure

  • An organizational structure consists of activities such as task allocation, coordination, and supervision, which are directed toward the achievement of organizational aims.
  • Organizations are a variant of clustered entities.
  • Organizational structure allows the expressed allocation of responsibilities for different functions and processes to different entities such as the branch, department, work group, and individual.
  • Organizational structure affects organizational action in two big ways.
  • For example, H&M is outsourcing its clothing to a network of 700 suppliers, more than two-thirds of which are based in low-cost Asian countries.

• Ethics in Organizational Communications

  • A business must practice ethics in organizational communication to establish and maintain a positive image.
  • Organizational ethics refers to the moral code of an organization, including how the organization responds to internal and external issues.
  • Organizational ethics is interdependent with the organizational culture.
  • Strong organizational ethics can inspire both customer and employee loyalty.
  • This may instill a sense of faith and goodwill in customers and cause them not only to feel better about buying the product in the first place but also to feel better about buying it again in the future.