AURAT FOUNDATION (A): STRUCTURAL REORGANIZATION 1995-2003

Abstract

This case covers Aurat Publication and Information Service Foundation, a national level NGO established in 1986, which works for women’s empowerment through offices in the federal and provincial capitals of Pakistan. In 1995, Aurat Foundation began to transform itself from a small to a medium sized organization with an increasing employee body, national level projects, and an expanding geographical outreach. However, Aurat Foundation was not able to adapt its operational systems to this organizational growth. This case looks at how Nigar Ahmed, Executive Director 89 Aurat Foundation, after facing organizational problems for a number of years due to the growth in the size of the organization, called in a consultant to prepare an LFA for structural reorganization. The views of three parties – Aurat Foundation staff, the Chief Executive Aurat Foundation, and Marion Mueller, are presented with regards to the changes in Aurat Foundation