My Experience with Organizations

During my senior year of high school, I was the head of the student council with one other senior student. Two representatives (a boy and a girl) from each freshmen, sophomore, junior and senior was elected to form the student council that worked in collaboration with the school administration. Our student council was much more effective than student councils I have heard about in the other high schools. The goal of our student council was not only to represent students in school administration, but also to find solutions to local problems in the area. 

The priority mission of our council was to make sure that the school regulations were adopted by students. We tried to find midcourse in regulations between the requests of students and administration. Our organization suggested that a vending machines should be placed in the school as some students were not enrolled for the meal program provided by the school. Most of the students were complaining about the regulation since they were not allowed to order food to school. The transaction cost of placing a vending machine, such as transportation and renewal of products, was covered by school. 

Another program we started was in collaboration with the local animal shelter. The district of my high school is famous with it’s stray dogs and the animal shelter was not big enough to take care of these dogs. I got in contact with the shelter and I was told that a supply of dog food would be the most efficient way to help. We started an aid campaign and gathered 110 kilograms of dog food for the animal shelter. Later, the school administration was impressed by the amount and they have organized a trip to the shelter. 

Being the head of the student council gave me a lot of chances to learn about structures of organizations. Our organization consisted of eight students, two from each year, audited by the school administration as if the student council was a sub-organization. Throughout this time period I have talked and negotiated with the school president frequently on many other cases. The connections we formed with the animal shelter taught us how to approach to other organizations in an appropriate way.