Furniture Bank was the organization that collects and distributes donated, gently used furniture to those in need. After several years of tight financial conditions of the interim executive director was relieved that the last year was helped by record amounts of excess generation of cash. He was preparing a report to be presented to the board about his thoughts about what direction he believes that furniture should bank on growth opportunities and needs. With several thousand dollars unlimited access to resources, but the idea of competing for the use of these reserves, CEO realized, organizations are faced with some difficult strategic and tactical decisions. All the ideas seemed important for furniture bank, but CEO was sure if the organization was able to implement them, and he was not sure how to assess their relative priority. Any advice he had to consider the long-term direction of the bank furniture and build on its recent financial success. "Hide
by P. Fraser Johnson, John S. Haywood-Farmer, Jean Salamat Source: Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation 13 pages. Publication Date: June 22, 2010. Prod. #: 910D06-PDF-ENG
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