Organizational Profile - Beyond Blue

Organizational Profile – Beyond Blue
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1. Name of organisation, Mission, vision, values profile if available,
brief history
The name of organization discussed in the current context is beyondblue.
The organizations mission statement includes, providing protection and improvement of
mental health of people of all ages and from all walks of life.
The vision statement of the organization is to assists all people from Australia facing
either anxiety or depression or suicide, by having an influence on systems and policies.
Values profile of the organization includes rendering care to people from all walks of life
suffering from mental ailments.
The organization was established in October of the year 2000 to cater to mental health of
people in Australia (Townsend & Weerasuriya, 2010). Later it extended to include care
services to those facing depression, anxiety or suicide. The organization’s headquarters is
in Hawthorn. The organization was established post five years of public debate and
initiative of the Australian federal and state along with territory governments.
2. Structure and model including governance model
The organization is a non-profit one that follows hierarchical structure. The organization
is headed by a chairman and then there are various supporting staffs. The organization is
chaired by Julia Gillard and CEO is Georgie Harman. All staff acts as key stakeholders
along with other leaders of the organization (Yap, Reavley & Jorm, 2012). All staffs
along with senior members of the organization aids and assists in decision making for the
organization. The corporate governance model for the organization is implemented in this
manner that the Anglo-American model can be considered. The Government at the
federal, state and territory level selects and appoints the Board of Directors, who then
takes key decisions for the organization. Another major domain of work of beyondblue is
to reduce discrimination against people, who are experiencing mental health conditions.
The core aim of all programs of the organization is to transform the entire mental health
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