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MSI - Physical Plant: Key Tasks and Indicators - $25.00
Evolving Physical Plant is among the Supports and Safeguards that must be orchestrated with an organization’s Core strategy elements. Issues addressed for Physical Plant include: defining space needs, adjusting space needs over time, standards for sanitation and safety, lease vs. own options, facility planning. See our Strategic Growth: A Guide for Nonprofit Organizations to view the full set of Key Tasks arranged across developmental stages (FREE). Review of current functioning against the Indicators for effective Physical Plant Management will prompt organization leadership to create a plan for improvement in this area. These indicators may also be used to measure changed functioning as the plan for improvement is implemented.
MSI - Quality Assurance: Key Tasks and Indicators - $25.00
Quality Assurance is one of ways that an organization can improve over time. The second is embedding Organizational Learning in the organization’s culture. (See our Organizational Learning Survey.) Issues addressed for Quality Assurance include: integrating elements of Quality Assurance from initial program design through codified models, continuous quality improvement, setting deep measurement priorities, identifying and investigating sentinel events, building Quality Assurance into organizational culture. See our Strategic Growth: A Guide for Nonprofit Organizations to view the full set of Key Tasks arranged across developmental stages (FREE). Review of current functioning against the Indicators for effective Quality Assurance will prompt organization leadership to create a plan for improvement in this area. These indicators may also be used to measure changed functioning as the plan for improvement is implemented.
Climate Survey - $100.00
FIO Partners’ Climate Survey is designed to create a snapshot of organizational health. This tool gathers information about such topics as the quality and timeliness of decision making, the availability of information for decision making, the clarity of authority and responsibility, and the clarity of job descriptions, realism of performance objectives, and fairness and equity. Section F of the survey will help you gain insight into how staff views the culture of your organization. If you don’t understand the culture types that are listed or want to know more about culture and how it evolves, download our article on Cultural Norms, available for free on this website. The survey also assesses staff views of management effectiveness and views of the organization as a whole. This tool can be used to conduct an initial assessment of climate health, to identify specific areas for improvement, and can be used periodically to measure progress. It is not recommended for organizations with fewer than seven employees. This survey can be administered online and interpreted by FIO Partners for an additional fee.
Management Skills Assessment for Middle Managers - $100.00
There are many lists of essential skills for middle managers. Ours comes from 10 years of training for the Office of Training and Development of the Rhode Island Department of Administration in Rhode Island, an organization that provides training to both government agencies and the nonprofit community. We have taught groups of middle managers and supervisors 15-24 hour courses in a variety of topics, including supervision, change management, critical communication skills, strategic management, and program evaluation. Over time, we have interacted with well over 500 middle managers and supervisors. As part of each of our courses, we have encouraged our students to keep a journal of their attempts to use their new knowledge and, in reading these journals, have come to a rich understanding of the unique challenges that individuals face in these roles. This survey is designed to help middle managers plan their own skill development and to assist government and nonprofit organizations to engage in meaningful discussions of professional development with their middle management and supervisory staff. It focuses attention on two areas: Human Relations and Conceptual Skills. The survey can be used by one individual in order to devise a customized professional development plan, or, it can be administered to a large number of managers and supervisors. The collated results will then indicate patterns of needed professional development and can be used to guide decisions about training needs and curriculum content as well as coaching. This survey can also be administered online and interpreted by FIO Partners for an additional fee.
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