What's in 'Foundations for working well'
The activities in this module will guide your organisation in ensuring that it has all the key elements needed for working well:
- knowing what you are trying to do, and why: clear and common purpose
- ensuring openness and responsiveness: an ethical culture
- having a good management structure: viable and sound governance
- working within your means: sustainable resources
- having the appropriate equipment and systems: sound and efficient infrastructure
- having people who can get things done: skilled and competent personnel
- being able to change and develop: the capacity to review and make improvements
What this module will give you
Completing this module will give you:
- an updated statement of purpose
- a framework for developing an ethical culture and practice within the organisation
- an updated constitution
- an infrastructure and resources plan
- a plan for ongoing improvement for the organisation
Activities
- Activity 1: Developing a purpose statement
- Activity 2: How 'ethical' are we?
- Activity 3: Checking governance
- Activity 4: Resources and infrastructure
- Activity 5: Reviewing and planning improvements
Resources
tools
- Infrastructure and resources planner
- Constitutional check
- Working better module activity planner
- Purpose statement: Review
- Ethical organisation
info sheets
- Ethical organisation: Principles
- Purpose of organisation
- Getting started with Working Better modules
- Incorporated organisations: Overview