Agency for the north side of children (NSCA) was twenty-three-year-old non-profit organization created to serve very low-income working parents who qualify based on income government subsidies for child care. In support of its mission, NSCA all year, full-time program for child care in seven different places for children aged six weeks through twelve years. She used a standard model of non-profit management with a volunteer board of directors, each of whom was assigned to one of six committees, which operate quite independently. After several years of success in 2004 NSCA faced a serious shortage of funds and its first deficit in a decade. Council members were not only surprised by the crisis, but are not prepared to deal with the short-and long-term issues that he raised. Board members need strong leadership to organize them, to determine the causes of the crisis and to think strategically about the organization. "Hide
by Anne Cohn Donnelly, Trinita Logue Source: Kellogg School Management 7 pages. Publication Date: June 27, 2012. Prod. #: KEL661-PDF-ENG