Essay On Friendship Baptist Church

Organizational Development Evaluation of Friendship Baptist Church

The effectiveness of an organization is a fluid process. The leadership of an organization is charged to continue the infinite work of surveying the cultural, economic and social terrain surrounding the organization and develop strategies and practices to navigate the anticipated changes. When the leadership fails to make these practices standard procedure for the organization, the demise of the organization is inevitable. Friendship Baptist Church has suffered such a dilemma.

Organizational Overview: Friendship Baptist Church

Friendship Baptist Church is a small, religious organization operating under the 501(c)3 Religious Non-Profit Organization as defined by the Internal Revenue Services. It was established in 1972 by Joseph Simpson. He also served as the organization’s first leader. It began with 25 initial members and over the next 43 years grew to a membership of about 126 members, during that same time span, Friendship has been led by 3 different leaders. The organizational demographic

90). The methodology utilized was the Open-Systems Model. The open systems model recognizes that organizations exist in the context of a larger environment that affects how the organization performs, and, in turn, is affected by how the organization interacts with it (Cummings, Thomas G and Worley, Christopher G, 2015, p. 92). The surrounding community is the environment that Friendship must seek to serve. Their stakeholders do not fit the demographic make-up of the organization, therefore the inability to serve them and adapt to the needed environmental demands is obvious. The methodology examines the environment, inputs, transformations, outputs, boundaries, feedback and