Management Resources

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Articles - General

The Learning Link: Measuring the Quality of Association Managment. By Jim Pealow, MBA, CMA, CAE. If asked about the quality of their organization’s association management, it is highly probable that the board, members, staff, and the Chief Staff Officer (CSO) would each respond in a different manner. This is due to the fact that each holds a different level of understanding of association management. Exposure to, and participation in association management activities varies among those who have a key stake in their associations. As a result, stakeholders use different elements to measure quality. To get a more accurate reading, a list of common elements and measures should be understood and employed.

Managing a professional body in a competitive environment - by Philip Armstrong in Association Management (August 04)

The European Union Demystified - Because of the direct applicability and supremacy of the European Union (EU) regulations over national legislation and the mandatory transposition of the EU directives into national laws, decisions taken at the EU level in Brussels influence every aspect of society Europe-wide and even globally. No sector can afford to have a blind spot for European Union policies, as it can cost them substantial resources when European legislation is adopted or altered against the interest of their sector…read more

Preventing Predictable Surprises - By Michael D. Watkins in Executive Update - The signs of an impending crisis often lie all around us, yet we still don't see them. Fortunately, leaders can develop ways to spot danger before it's too late - if they make the effort…read more

International Association Management: Structual and Capacity Issues

Resistance is not futile... while you should encourage resistance to change - by Karen Schmidt in Association Management (August 04)

The benefits of outsourcing - by Donna Bennett in Association Management (October 04)

Tips to gear up for the new year - by Sharon Philp in Association Management (October 04)

Values alignment the key to sustainable organisational success - by John Logar in Association Management (February 05)

Why do co-operatives fail - by David Griffiths from Co-operative Federation of Victoria Ltd (2004)

Your ego could be hurting your organisation - by John Logar in Association Management (December 04)

The Megacommunity Manifesto. (Mark Gerencser, Reginald Van Lee, Fernando Napolitano, and Christopher Kelly) Public, private, and civil leaders should confront together the problems that none can solve. Leaders everywhere no longer express as much confidence about the future as they once did. When they speak candidly, it often sounds as if they feel trapped in quicksand, unable to move forward easily… read more.

10 Steps to Sustainability. When it comes to corporate sustainability, recent surveys of executives show that, right now, there’s probably more talk than action. Even as a corporate boards and management come to understand that they must implement sustainable business models, as they watch global capital begin to tilt in that direction, and recognise the growing need for public transparency brought on by the communications revolution, the tasks and trials associated with fundamentally transforming any large organisation are still daunting ... read more.

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Articles - Accounting

Island lives being cultivated into productive ones through Microsoft and Reckon’s QuickBooks Premier accounting software training program. Read more.

Enhancing not-for-profit annual and financial reporting - Free guide released by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia

Queensland's Standard Chart of Accounts - Developing Your Organisation

Australian NFPs must use the new accounting standards for year ended 30 June reporting – BDO Accounting News - All not-for-profit entities preparing financial reports for the year ended 30 June 2006 under Australian accounting standards will be required to use the new Australian equivalents to International Financial Reporting Standards. This newsletter sets out the main areas…read more

Chart of Accounts Project – By QUT Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies - Over the past two years, the Centre and the School of Accountancy have developed a standard Chart of Accounts and data dictionary for small nonprofit organisations that receive government funding…read more

Defining a Not-for-Profit Entity - The Australian Accounting Standards Board's (AASB) definition of a not-for-profit (NFP) entity has shortcomings, according to the 800 public sector, academic, and not-for-profit entity CPA Australia members who responded to a recent survey...read more

Financial Independence: Six Approaches – By Jon Pratt, Nonprofit Quarterly - Organisation A has control over Nonprofit B to the extent that B is dependent on A for resources. This common relationship is the essence of resource dependency theory: the idea that organisations are not simply free actors, but are subject to the powers of outside forces. Managerial descretion remains, of course (within a limited range of choices), but larger forces loom over organisations and define what is possible for them. The predicament for many nonprofits is that B is supposed to be service C, but must satisfy the conditions set by A…read more

Coleambally applies for special leave to appeal - On 6 February 2004, Justice Hill handed down a decision, in the case of Coleambally Irrigation Mutual Co-operative Limited v FCT [2004] FCA 2 which took the view that where the members of an organisation are prevented from obtaining the value of the assets of the organisation on winding up, then the organisation cannot be for their mutual benefit, and the principle of mutuality cannot apply…read more

International financial reporting standards - are you ready - by Mark Rudd in Association Management (June 05)

Mutuality principle - by Craig Hausler in Association Management (August 05)

Mutuality Principle To Be Restored – From the Australian Tax Office - The Government will amend the income tax law to ensure certain not-for-profit organisations are not subject to tax on income as a result of a recent High Court decision. The Government’s actions will restore the long-standing benefits of the ‘mutuality principle’…read more

Need for certainty for Not-for-profit organisations - On the Taxpayers Australia Website - The principle of mutuality is easy to understand. Or is it? Subscriptions and fees from members and payments received from members for particular services provided by the club, association or organisation are excluded from the assessable income of the club, association or organisation. As a consequence not-for-profit organisations are effectively only assessed on the income and expenses derived and incurred from external sources…read more

Articles - Insurance & Risk Management

Alternative Sources of Revenue Streams for Not for Profits - by Steven Bowman, LifeMastery (Aust)

Charitable reputation, an asset worth protecting - by Con Contronis in Association Management (August 05)

Defrauding not-for-profits - by Lisa Bundesen in Association Management (August 05)

Resources, premium costs hamper risk management - by Brad Greer in Association Management (August 05)

Risk management in the third sector, where does the buck stop - by Ralph Penning in Association Management (August 05)

Risk management the next step - by Keith Asher in Association Management (October 05)

RMC Risk Framework - By Jean Roberts - Risk can occur at any level of non-profit and for-profit organizations and can affect any of the functions of governance, management and operation as well as facilities, services, products or components. The critical ‘risk’ factor for any organisation is the manner in which risk is addressed throughout the organisation. Risk must be addressed positively and constructively…read more

Role of the Board in Conscious Risk Management - by Steven Bowman, LifeMastery (Aust) - Most Boards (and staff) of organizations misidentify and misapply risk as something that needs to be protected against, something to be feared. This mindset towards risk effectively neutralizes and denies the possibility that risk can be a great strategic advantage...read more
The panel, Risk management - in Association Management (August 05)

Tracking fraud in not-for-profit organisations - by Lisa Bundesen in Association Management (October 05)

Victim Association Executives Speak Out! - Employees do steal money from associations and charities. In fact, the not-for-profit sector may be ripe for the picking. Why? A majority of associations have very few employees, and often times only one is charged with financial administrative duties. Many of us are "committed to the cause". As such, we simply can't grasp the fact that one of our small family of long time employees in whom we have placed a significant amount of trust could or would be dishonest…read more

Volunteering personal liability - by Michael Cossetto in Association Management (August 05)

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Can You Risk It? - Government of Western Australia – A new handbook on risk management for community groups released by the Western Australian Government…read more

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