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MSI - Human Resources: Key Tasks and Indicators - $25.00
Human Resources are among the Supports and Safeguards that must evolve in conjunction with an organization’s Core strategy elements. Issues addressed for Human Resources include: evolving a policy structure, managing compensation and benefits, performance appraisal, turnover prevention, attention to personnel laws and Industry regulations, creating opportunities for leadership, HR 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 Human Resources 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 - Information Management: Key Tasks and Indicators - $25.00
Information Management is among the Supports and Safeguards that must evolve in conjunction with an organization’s Core strategy elements. Issues addressed for Information Management include: building the infrastructure for Information Management, organization wide planning, use of data depositories, staffing and staff training. 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 Information 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 - Marketing and Public Relations: Key Tasks and Indicators - $25.00
Inextricably tied to an organization’s Program Strategy is Relational Strategy, including Systems Participation, Fund Development and Marketing/Public Relations. The Key Tasks and Indicators for Marketing and Public Relations assess how well an organization uses a range of communication tools to communicate with stakeholder groups. Issues addressed include: communication with funders, consumers, donors and other organizations, dealing with branding issues, media outreach, web site development, and organization wide marketing plans. See our Strategic Growth: A Guide for Nonprofit Organizations to view the full set of Key Tasks arranged across developmental stages. Review of current functioning against the Indicators for effective Marketing and Public Relations 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 - 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 - Program Strategy: Key Tasks and Indicators - $25.00
The most powerful element in shaping a nonprofit’s core strategy set, this set of Key Tasks and Indicators assesses how well an organization plans and implements its programs and services. Issues addressed include: use of evidence based practice, logic models, consumer involvement in planning, adjustments to infrastructure, external scanning, program portfolio review, use of corporate goals and key result areas. Programmatic Strategy evolves in conjunction with Relational Strategy, made up of Systems Participation, Fund Development and Marketing. See our Strategic Growth: A Guide for Nonprofit Organizations to view the full set of Key Tasks arranged across developmental stages. Review of current functioning against the Indicators for effective Program Strategy Development 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.
MSI - Risk Management: Key Tasks and Indicators - $25.00
Risk Management is among the Supports and Safeguards that must be orchestrated with an organization’s Core strategy elements. Issues addressed for Risk Management include: adhering to licensing and regulatory requirements, indemnification of Board and staff, prevention of fraud and accidents, use of written contracts to control risks, confidentiality, security systems and disaster 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 Risk 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 - Systems Participation: Key Tasks and Indicators - $25.00
Inextricably tied to an organization’s Program Strategy is Relational Strategy, including Systems Participation, Fund Development and Marketing. The Key Tasks and Indicators for Systems Participation assess how well an organization positions itself relative to the other organizational elements in its environment or context. Issues addressed include: relationships with competitors, collaborative partners, referral sources, policy makers, participation in industry groups, and access to sources of information about program improvement. 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 Systems Participation 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.
Tool - Strategic Growth: A Guide for Nonprofit Organizations - - Free
Strategic Growth: A Guide for Nonprofit Organizations is a standardized assessment tool that benchmarks where each management system in an organization is relative to the developmental cycle of a nonprofit organization. Executive Leaders, along with other staff and/or Board members, can use this guide to determine their organization’s over all stage of development (Idea, Start Up, Growth, or Established) and to assess whether the development of internal management systems is aligned with their over all development. Ten management dimensions are captured in the tool. For more information on using the tool, click here.
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