Modernizing Organizational Structures for Agencies and Institutions to Meet New Governmental and Economic Challenges

The Church's agencies and institutions must respond to the challenge of serving an increasing number of elderly people. Lower levels of government assistance, competition for available funds by proprietary organizations, and a burgeoning aged population are present societal conditions calling for board and management staff action. Strategic planning, political activity, and possibly corporate restructuring are alternatives to be considered. The benefits gained by such organizational moves come in the form of operational strengths, flexibility in the market, and efficiency in and acceptance of programs. In turn, agencies and institutions help assure their social ministry role in future years.