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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:
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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
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
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.
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.
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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