An Analysis of Environmental Non-Profit Organizational Change: The case of TEAN and MET

• Main Authors: Jhe-Fu Lyu, 呂哲甫
• Other Authors: Chun-Ming Chen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/69380318192678560315

碩士 === 世新大學 === 行政管理學研究所(含博、碩專班) === 101 === The purposes of the research are to examine the reasons for and the process of the merging of two environmental NGOs in Taiwan. While researches focusing on public and private sector organizational change have been abundant, few previous literatures concerning organizational change dealt with the way in which the merging of NGO is in progress, the strategies utilized to overcome the resistance it might ensue. Analysis of this thesis is made possible with the help of 9 former and incumbent members in terms of a series of semi-structured in-depth interviews with both Taiwan Environmental Action Network (TEAN) and Mercy on the Earth, Taiwan (MET) in Taiwan. What has been achieved can be summarized as following: 1. The continuity of concerned issues can be crucial for facilitating the process of Non-profit organization merging. 2. The commitment and engagement for causes of NGO and prospect for better development revealed by the members have been conducive to being no obvious resistance from both organizational and individual levels. 3. The nature of NGOs, either in the form of foundations or association, makes differences, since the former giving emphasis on “person” and the latter on “property.” It is the “property threshold” issue that complicated problems of the merging of two foundation based NGOs.