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Do You Manage

a Small Organisation?

 

Not enough time to do everything?

Concerned about coping with staff?

Worried about funding?

 

Managing a Small Organisation

 

is a series of eight self-learning Units

specially for people working in charities and the voluntary sector

by Myra Duffy and Sheila Ritchie.

 

Learn at your own pace, doing exercises based on case studies.

 You are helped to practice the skills and apply your learning to your own organisation. 

Each Unit covers one set of skills:

 

·        Forming the Organisation

·        Creating a Plan

·        Coping with Crises: the management of stress

·        Managing People: the right person for the job

·        The Art of Communication

·        The Pursuit of Time

·        Managing People: keeping them motivated

·        Training Roles & Responsibilities

 

·        other titles of interest - finance

 

 

Start today to make your organisation more effective.

 

Each Unit has two lie-flat, wirebound books and a folder all in a storage box

 

Special offer only direct from Elm Consulting

Price per Unit £29.95 + £3.95 p&p + VAT at current rate = £39.83

Full set or any eight titles £199.00 + VAT, free p&p. = £233.83

 

Registered Charities

£19.95 + £3.95 p&p + VAT for one copy = £28.08

two or more £19.95 each + VAT, free p&p,

full set of 8 Units or any eight titles £129.00 + VAT, free p&p. = £151.58

(VAT at current rate of 17.5%)

 

From third party supplier – per unit £35.00 + VAT, full set £250.00 + VAT

 

HALF-DAY MANAGEMENT SKILLS WORKSHOPS – tutor Myra Duffy

 

Come to one or more of our four, half-day skills workshops which will be held when the series is established.

Learn the highlights of two skill areas on each workshop – a total of eight subjects spanning all Units in the series.

 

Session 1 Coping with Crises (3) & The Pursuit of Time (6);

Session 2 Forming the Organisation (1) & Creating a Plan for the Organisation (2)

Session 3 Managing People, The Right Person for the Job (4), & Keeping them Motivated (7);

Session 4 The Art of Communication (5) & Training Roles & Responsibilities (8)

 

price will also include lunch, if you book two workshops on one day.

Email us on elm@elm-training.co.uk or telephone 01487-773238 to register your interest.

 

A free copy of the Series Guide booklet helps you to check your management skills level…free on email.

 

(or £2.50  by post.  We do not pass customers’ names to other organisations.)

 

 

Series Guide & Self-Test

Get your free copy of the Series Guide to check your skills levels. 12 pages ISBN 978-1-85450-349-7. £2.50 by post, free by email.

 

Full set of eight titles – Managing a Small Organisation – ISBN 978-1-85450-354-1


Individual Workbook titles

 

Forming the Organisation

 

 A small or voluntary organisation may be set up for a variety of purposes: to address a local need; to make a bid for funding; as the result of an award of funding or as a way of developing a project when pump priming ends.

 

Unit One focuses on format, purpose and partnerships and the future of the organisation when initial funding is coming to an end and new ways of raising money must be found. An organisation which is clear about what it wants to do is in a much better position to continue and be successful.   ISBN 978-1-85450-304-6 - for contents details click here.

 

 

Creating a Plan for the Organisation

 

 No matter how small your organisation, it cannot survive without a certain amount of planning.  Managing any business is a complicated process and, even if you are running a voluntary organisation, it is still a business.

 

You, as the manager, should spend time and effort on creating a simple plan, which provides everyone with a vision of what the organisation can do and how they should set about doing it. Without planning, yours could be one of the small organisations which flourishes for a time and then declines, replaced by another.   ISBN 978-1-85450-309-1 -for contents details click here.

 

 

Coping With Crises: the management of stress

 

Small organisations are vulnerable. Usually funded for a specific purpose, they are seen as an “add-on” to the real business of the parent organisation. Many struggle to survive even during the funding period and, as the priorities of funders can change, it is unwise to rely on one source. Equally complex is the organisation which receives funding, perhaps by subscription, from a large number of partners.

 

Other stresses result from the uncertainties outlined above. Good managers anticipate problems and deal with them. This unit highlights potential crises and coping strategies.  ISBN 978-1-85450-314-5 - for contents details click here.

 

 

Managing People: the right person for the job

 

In a small organisation, each person must contribute to overall success; even one unreliable person can cause a serious problem. You must recruit competent and committed core staff, but many such organisations rely on volunteers, which makes for more complex staffing issues.

 

This Unit deals with the basics of recruitment, selection and interviewing, but concentrates on managing the organisation as a group (both paid staff and volunteers) for the benefit of the whole. This can sometimes involve hard decisions and the case studies help you develop strategies for dealing with such eventualities.   ISBN .978-1-85450-319-0 - for contents details click here.

 

 

The Art of Communication

 

Good communication is at the heart of any successful organisation.  Misunderstandings easily arise and in a small organisation serious problems can develop among staff. It requires time and effort to ensure that communication is effective, but strategies outlined here will bring major benefits.

 

This unit covers the communication “bones” of any organisation: letters, reports, internal communications and meetings; and addresses e-mail as a useful tool. ISBN 978-1-85450-324-4 - for contents details click here.

 

 

The Pursuit of Time

 

Time is a scarce resource in small and voluntary organisations. Part of the reason is that there are few staff to do the work and they rarely have training in time management. Time management is about individuals and teams managing time well and recognising when some jobs and projects must be left.

 

This unit allows you to identify “time wasters”, to think about your own management skills (and those of your staff if you have any). It helps you to improve your use of limited time.    ISBN 978-1-85450-329-9 - for contents details click here.

 

 

Managing People: keeping them motivated

 

Many small organisations rely on a few core staff and an army of volunteers. This can be difficult for a manager. Staff who are employed and paid have one set of expectations, volunteers another.  A manager must keep both groups focused and committed, using a variety of motivational techniques.

 

This unit highlights motivation for both groups of staff and offers suggestions to ensure effective organisational functioning.   ISBN 978-1-85450-334-3 - for contents details click here.

 

 

Training Roles & Responsibilities

 

Few understand the role of a manager as trainer. Job descriptions for a co-ordinator or manager of such an organisation rarely refer to a training or development role. Yet this is one of the most important functions of any manager, though not necessarily in a formal sense.

 

Unit 8 makes managers aware of the basic training functions they will carry out within the organisation, consciously or otherwise, and helps them to develop a more pro-active approach to the process.

 

It also offers help in developing those skills which are part of the training process, such as making a presentation.   ISBN 978-1-85450-339-8 - for contents details click here.

 

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