A Study of Organizational Structure of an NGO Working in Remote Hills of Uttarakhand

Organizational structure of Central Himalayan Rural Action Group (CHIRAG), a non government organization (NGO) working in hills of Uttarakhand was studied. Data were collected from 132 employees of the organization. It was found that majority of the employees were of middle age and married, having rural background, working at low salary with little career and salary progression. Most of them got the job at young age and have not changed any organization in spite of not getting even a single promotion while having high experience. Medium level of participation was found in decision making about the allocation of resources and organizational polices by majority of the employees of the organization. According to maximum number of employees, CHIRAG was slightly authoritative as far as hierarchy of authority is concerned, complete job description and rule manual existed in the organization and their work is specified. Almost half of the respondents found variety in their work. Majority of the employees of the organization were fulfilling all the qualifications, trainings, experience and expertise required for the position at which they were working.