2. Session objectives
•For us to have a clear understanding of the
formal governance structure of AIESEC
Norway
•For us to have a clear understanding of the
informal leadership and management
structure of AIESEC Norway
Taking the steps needed to unite
our leadership
5. Role
National Executive Board of Directors Member LCPs
Board Committee
Legislative Legal responsible Top Management Middle Management
Advisory MCP: CEO of CEO of their LCs
AIESEC Norway
Top management of
their LC
7. Legitimacy
National Executive Board of Directors Member LCPs
Board Committee
LCPs forms NEB Elected by NEB MCP Elected by Elected by
NEB members
8. Roles and responsibilites
National Executive Board of Directors Member LCPs
Board Committee
Legislation Oversee AIESEC Direction of AIESEC Member of
Norway processes Norway National Executive
Board
Elect Board of Ensure compliance Strategy CEO of their LCs
Directors in LCs
Elect/select MC Quarterly meetings Services to LCs Meet membership
with MC criteria
Not a strategic role Management of
operations
9. Elect/select/fire
National Executive Board of Directors Member LCPs
Board Committee
Elect (select)/fire Give MCP select/fire Select/fire LC VPs
MC recommendations MCVPs
to NEB and MC
10. Liability
National Executive Board of Directors Member LCPs
Board Committee
Organizational Financial and legal Financial and legal Performance and
health compliance criteria
11. Notes on roles: NEB
• ”Coincidence” that he LCPs are also the
National Executive Board
12. Notes on roles: BoD
• Idividual and financially liable if a third party is
injuried
• Member Committee doesnt report to Board,
Board ensure that it is updated due to its
formal liability and purpose.
• Board does not report to LCPs , but to NEB
13. Notes on roles: MC
• In AIESEC Norway: Organization is dependent
on expertise of MC VPs
• MC ensure finance and legal management and
risk prevention of the organization as a whole
14. Notes on roles:LCPs
• Based on strategy, reality and business logic,
LCPs can also take part in management and
leadership constellations chaired by MC
• LCPs are free to lead their LCs in any directions
not depending on MC
15. Member Committee
• In AIESEC Norway: Organization is dependent
on expertise of MC VPs
• MC ensure finance and legal management and
risk prevention of the organization as a whole
16. Lack of clarity in reporting line of this
organization
Who reports to whom by when?
17. Reporting line of AIESEC Norway
• MC reports to NEB through Board of Directors
• Board of Directors reports to NEB
• MC VPs reports to MCP
• LCP reports to MC
• LCVPs reports to LCP
18. Informal reporting line of AIESEC
Norway [based on agreements]
• LCVPs reports to MCVPs
• LCPs reports to LC coach
• Any other reporting line that were to be
agreed upon
19. Potential Informal “entities” as part of
strategic decision of CEO
Leaders of
AIESEC Norway
Board of Advisors
[Not excisting]
Functional
Subcommittees
Internal Auditor
[Not excisting]
20. “Leaders of AIESEC Norway”(often
mistaken as NEB)
• Informal per definition, leadership and
management ”team” of AIESEC Norway
• In order for efficient executive impact, should
consist of MC and LCPs (expertise, knowledge,
perspective and legitimacy)
• Can decide on direction of AIESEC Norway
• Can decide on strategy of AIESEC Norway
• Can recommend motions and mandates to NEB
• MCP chair ”Leaders of AIESEC Norway”
21. Politics comparison: Parlamentarism
NEB-MC-LC
• Regjeringen [Government]: Executive body led by prime minister
chosen by the people.
• Prime minister choses his ministers
• Stortinget [Parliament] is the legislative body led by the king
• The executive body is accountable towards the parliament
• The parliament however has transferred rights and power for
politics to the government
• In this comparison NEB equals Parliament and MC equals
Government.
• For efficient politics, Government has majority of votes in
Parliament, which in our example represents alignment and
cooperation [Leaders of AIESEC Norway]
22. Corporation comparison:
Eksportfinans
• Top Management: CEO and the Executive Vice Presidents
• Middle Management: Managers of the departments
• Top management reports directly to Board of Directors
• Board of Directors represents the organization as a whole
• Top management and middle management [which are closest to
the employees] are in strategy implementation question forming an
informal group of leaders to ensure efficient and fast decision
making and effective communication.
• In this comparison, MC equals the Top Management, LCPs equals
the Middle Management, Board of Diretors of Eksportfinans equals
NEB and Top Management+Middle Management equals ”Leaders of
AIESEC Norway”
23. Comparison to AIESEC Denmark
• Board of Directors [LCPs +MCP] has a legislative role
• National Presidents Meeting [LCPs + MC] who has a informal
strategic role [e.g development of AIESEC Denmark 2015
strategy]. Initiated by MCP, James, CEO of AIESEC in Denmark.
• MC team is top management and is reponsible for:
– Direction of organization
– Management of operations
– Services to LCs
For more information: james.pearson@aiesec.dk
