Evaluate your organization

© Ross Woods, 2008

Take this quiz to see how how your organization measures up.

 

  1. I don't know which Act of parliament we are incorporated under.
  2. I know which Act of parliament we are incorporated under but have never read it.
  3. I have read the Act of parliament we are incorporated under but don't know much about it it.
  4. We have checked our incorporation structure against the latest requirements of the Act and know that it is right for us.

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  5. I have never read right through our constitution.
  6. I think our constitution is out of date.
  7. We don't always check that we follow the constitution.
  8. We have reviewed our constitution in the last three years.

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  9. A few key board members make most of the decisions.
  10. Our board doesn't have clearly defined responsibilities.
  11. Our board has overall responsibility for all major decisions.
  12. Our board has clearly defined responsibilities and carries them out.

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  13. The board doesn't know what decisions people make on the ground.
  14. Perhaps some people in our organization make decisions on things that the Board doesn't know about.
  15. Everything in our organization is authorized by the Board but not always written down.
  16. All activities of the organization have written authorization deriving from Board minutes.

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  17. We don't actually monitor conflict of interest.
  18. We monitor financial conflict of interest to prevent it.
  19. We have an effective system for preventing financial conflict of interest.
  20. We have an effective system for preventing all kinds of conflict of interest.

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  21. We have no way of being sure that we comply with all government rules affecting us.
  22. We trust our employees to know what government rules we have to comply with.
  23. We know know what government rules we have to comply with but don't wrie them down.
  24. We have a up-to-date written list of all government rules we have to comply with.

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  25. We don't need any written policies other than meeting minutes.
  26. We inform people orally of policies so we don't need to write them down.
  27. We have a set of policies but lots of staff have never read them.
  28. We have a set of written policies and all staff know what they have to do.

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  29. We don't have a current written plan for our activities.
  30. We do lots of planning, but don't usually write it down.
  31. We have a written plan for our activities, but it's not up-to-date.
  32. We have a comprehensive, up-to-date written plan for our activities.

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  33. We monitor OHS risks.
  34. I don't know what business risk management is.
  35. We don't have a current list of business risks.
  36. We have a full, current list of business risks.