Assessing the Capacity of Development Organizations A short and highly recommended introduction into different organisational assessment approaches. It includes a useful comparative table of subjects covered by the variuos models. The 6 p. article by Jerry VanSant of February 2000 helps to identify which model may suit best one's own needs.
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Challenges of Local NGO Sustainability After a rapid overview on changing NGO roles, Jerry VanSant emphasizes that good governance requires both citizen empowerment and measures to ensure accountability. Two principal strategies to strengthen relations between government and citizens are creating linkages and building capacity. He notes that there is growing focus on NGO capacity and a proliferation of tools for measuring NGO capacity: There are several excellent organizational assessment tools available which share a great deal of similarity and reflect an emerging consensus on the criteria for effective and sustainable organisations. He proposes to organize these criteria in three clusters, organizational resources, organizational performance, and organisational sustainability. Organizational resources captures what the organization has to work with at a given point in time, namely access to financial human and technical resources. Organizational performance assesses both efficiency and effectiveness, or what it does with its resources. Organisational sustainability refers to autonomy, learning capacity and leadership, it attempts to capture where the organisation is going in the future. In this discussion from capacity to sustainability, leadership is the most essential ingredient and determinant of organizational performance. Jerry Vansant identifies four key components of leadership: vision, innovation, decisiveness and a strong people orientation. Creating links between government and civil society includes creating mechanisms for holding leaders accountable. Such a link should incorporate communication, collaboration, problem-solving and mutually beneficial interaction. Prospects for efficiency and sustainability are enhanced substantially, he points out, when citizens are well informed and can participate in decision making. 2003, 12 p. Jerry VanSant is Visiting Professor at the Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University.
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Comparison of 12 self-assessment tools Unique and valuable comparison of 12 self-assessment tools for NGOs, their strong points and weaknesses. This 200-2002 project was a joint effort from Fundacion Acceso, International Development Research Centre and Universalia Management. Titel of report is "Using the Internet to Increase The Understanding of Organizational Self-Reflection" (Word document, 28 p.)
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DOSA - Discussion-Oriented Organizational Self-Assessment The questionnaire of this team-based assessement can easily be adapted for one's own organisation. The 20 page pdf document contains highly useful questions and discussion topics on six areas, from human resource management to strategic management. Beryl Levinger and Evan Blooms's DOSA web site includes a benchmarking exercise for the discussion team.
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NGO Self-assesment through a SWOT exercise This is an excellent hands-on guide to take stock of how your NGO is doing and what are its problems. This self-assessment guides you in four steps through the process to identify key problems and come up with a strategic plan for improvement. Step 1: Analyse your NGO’s Capacity - Step 2: Do the SWOT Exercise - Step 3: Make a Strategic Plan - Step 4: Implement, Monitor, Evaluate.13 p, PDF-format, by Networklearning.
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Nonprofit Organizational Assessment Tool This tool stands out because it is very user friendly: a series of simple tables listing the essential. Covers nine areas, including outcome measurement, financial empowerment...
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Participatory Organizational Evaluation Tool (POET) Organizational capacity assessment tool, which serves "to measure and profile organizational capacities and consensus levels in seven critical areas, and assess, over time, the impact of these activities on organizational capacity (benchmarking)." Tool can be downloaded as Word file (63 p.). Developed by Beryl Levinger of Education Development Center and Evan Bloom of Pact.
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Self-Assessment Workbook This is a must on self-assessment: A "simple tool designed as a first step for small organisations, departments of larger bodies, independant project or individual managers". The 24-page paper by the Quality Standards Task Group from London has four user-friendly parts, including examples: how to make a self-assessment, prioritising areas for improvement, defining SMART goals, and keeping track of SMART goals. Can be adapted to suit one's needs and is available as MS-Word document (for both PC and Mac users) or in pdf format. The questionnaire is loosely based on the European Foundation for Quality Management's Excellence Model.
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Short introduction into SWOT analysis SWOT analysis helps to check your organisation's internal Strengths and Weaknesses and external Opportunities and Threats. This rapid introduction from MindTools Bookstore gives you the background on how it works, including an example.
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Using the Internet to Increase The Understanding of Organizational Self-Reflection Appendix II provides a unique and valuable comparison of different self-assessment tools for NGOs, their strong points and weaknesses. The project is a joint effort from Fundacion Acceso, International Development Research Centre and Universalia Management Group.
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WWF Organisational Assessment Tool This process and tool were specifically designed for self-assessment by WWF offices. Its methodology guide insists on a participatory process. The tool itself also takes into consideration the stages of development of the NGO being assessed: embryonic, developing, moderately developed, well-developed, exemplary.
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