Most organizations view strategic planning as the development of a single strategy to which they allocate incremental resources. The concern with a single strategy is that if it's wrong it could cripple the organization through the misallocation of limited resources....
Further to the substantive analysis of the policies and principles imbedded in the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (hereinafter referred to as 'PIPEDA'), the purpose of this follow-up paper is to examine the rather comprehensive remedial sections...
Many organizations know how to write effective proposals that describe the value of the program and the impact on the community and individuals. They understand the motivation of the funder and their funding initiatives and consequently write a proposal that...
Application of Privacy Schemes Other than to meet statutory requirements, organizations can view the implementation of a privacy scheme as a useful tool to build trust amongst employees and consumers. Readily available and transparent systems will likely raise the confidence...
Fifteen years ago, my husband and I had a dream of making our little commercial sector stronger by bringing together isolated businesses in our field into a new national association. Since then, we have put thousands of hours into this...
In the September 15th article, The trouble with bosses, six types of bosses and their behaviours were examined. We discovered that boss-related issues were accountable for 70-80% of the reasons people leave companies. While organizations need to take responsibility for...
Many organizations view strategic planning for their organization as a linear process that is the responsibility of the Board of Directors and therefore is determined by the Board and communicated to the staff to implement. According to the report, "Building...
With the speed of change in the non-profit environment the movement of senior people between organizations is increasing and as such an organization can find itself with an interim executive director. In the past this meant having the interim executive...
Today's successful non-profit agencies use every tool at their disposal to enhance their financial health. As a result, many have discovered the critical value of the budget document and its implementation. Without a budget and without proper implementation an agency...
Do you remember a book written in the 1970s titled Boss is a four-letter word? Today we do not formally call anyone "boss" as the term conveys a negative image or stereotype. While organizations have substituted new terms such as...
