Case Study: The American Red Cross
The American Red Cross is an organization that makes available the emergency assistance to people around the world who are in need of help. Its mission is to make suffering less severe while the volunteers promote compassion and welfare of humanity. After serving as a Red Cross volunteer in Europe in 1870 caring for the injured of war, Clara Barton embraced the idea of humanitarian aid for victims of misfortune and started the concept in the United States in 1881. The organizational structure consists of a large number of volunteers and is chartered by the Federal Government where the honorary chair is the U.S. president who assigns eight governors and the chair of the board. The board of governors chooses the president for the American Red