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Topic to be discussed from Monday April 12 to Friday July 23, 2010
Introduction to topic:
One of the goal of organizational assessment is to see the extent to which an organization impacts on its external environment. Indeed, the external environment also influence the structure and the management of an organization. Yet, the Reflect & Learn team is curious to discover how the organizations themselves are influencing their external environment.
Topic to be discussed from Monday February 15 to Friday April 9, 2010 (still opened)
Topic to be discussed from Monday October 26, 2009 to Friday February 12, 2010
Introduction to topic:
An increasing number of women are being employed in senior management positions in organizations. For the following weeks, we would appreciate to get your impressions on if this will or will not affect the way organizations perform.
Topic Question:
Increasing numbers of women are being employed in senior management positions in organizations. Will this affect the way organizations perform and if so, how?
Date:
oct 26 2009 - fév 12 2010
Topic to be discussed from Monday July 6 to Friday September 25, 2009 (extended for summer)
Introduction to topic:
During a poll that was conducted in our pages a few weeks ago, 61% of voters said that other criteria are as important as or even more important than leadership when evaluating organizations. The other 39% said that leadership should be the most important criteria to evaluate the performance of an organization.
Topic to be discussed from Monday June 1 to Friday July 3, 2009
Introduction to topic:
To date, evaluators have adapted their existing "tool box" for evaluating networks. However, networks are special types of organizational forms, sharing some common characteristics that make conventional approaches to evaluation often suboptimal, thus reducing the learning potential of the evaluation process and results.
Topic to be discussed from Monday April 27 to May 29, 2009
Introduction to topic:
Weaknesses in governance emerge as a factor that affects the organization's work. This area is quite sensitive as governors are often volunteers most of whom spend relatively little time on matters pertaining to the not-for-profit. Yet some governors spend too much time and micromanage the affairs of the organization.
Topic Question:
As an evaluator, board member, donor or NFP leader, how should one assess the governance of a not-for-profit organization?
Date:
avr 27 2009 - mai 29 2009
