Module 2

Hierarchy of an NGO :

Hierarchy is set up in any organisation depending on the various vacancies, which may exist or be required in the given organisation.

Let us describe the strongest most secure, most authoritative post in a hierarchy as managerial. Lets associate the manager with certain rights like sanctioning general aims and guides to subordinates, and with rights to apprise their performance and capacity in practise and to assign or reassign work to them accordingly. Normally a NGO has only one managerial position, which falls in any of the one category listed below

1. Co-ordinating Roles: The person here becomes the link between all the sub units of the organisation and sees to it that all departments are working in co- ordination to achieve the organisation goals.
2. Monitoring Roles: The person here overlooks the work done by the employees, offering direction and guidance when and wherever needed. The main job of the person is to see that the work is being done for the achievement of organisational goals.
3. Staff- officers Role: Looks after the recruitment, supervision of the staff and the need of the staff.
4. Supervisory Roles: The workers assigned are trained and assigned work by the supervisor as per the need and requirements of the organisation.

Each has it's distinct qualities, but, in general, none of these types of roles carry authority to set general aims and guides for those in posts of a lower grade, or to appraise their performance and capacity, or to assign or reassign work accordingly.

In other words, these people will not naturally and readily be identified as the " Boss". It will be more natural and satisfactory to have a " Boss" who is capable of working at the higher stratum of work and therefore be able to make a radical adjustment to the whole settings within which work is carried out when major problems loom and to also avoid dissatisfaction and internal bureaucracy.

Here are few examples of the typical

1. Hierarchy Structure in the social service organisations.
2. Manifest Organisation
3. Requisite Organisation Explicated in Work Strata Roles