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Community Management

VCOSS Manuals for Community Organisations

VCOSS 1st edition 2007
ISBN 978 1 876045 62 3
RRP $30.00
Available from Information Victoria from November 2007 tel 1300 366 356

An essential reference for management groups of Victorian community organisations.

Good management is at the heart of safe and happy workplace.

This plain language manual is an invaluable introduction and reference for management group members about the roles and responsibilities of management and the keys to running an effective and efficient organisation.

Fully revised and updated from the popular 1991 publication, this new edition is tailor-made for Victorian community organisations, in particular smaller organisations and groups with limited resources, funding and staffing levels.

The book includes:

• an explanation of the differences between governance and management
• outlines of the roles and responsibilities of management
• detailed information on specific areas of responsibility
• handy tips and reminders for improving management practice
• samples of widely-used forms, agreements and policies.

Community Management is one of a suite of manuals that the Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS) is producing. Also now available as the perfect companion volume is Policies and Procedures.

Contents

1. How to get the most out of this manual
2. Defining community-managed organisations
3. Defining the management group
4. Management group roles
5. Management group responsibilities
   - Ethical responsibilities
   - Legal responsibilities
   - Financial responsibilities
   - Administration responsibilities
   - Personnel responsibilities
   - Planning and policy responsibilities
   - Promotion and networking responsibilities
   - Accountability and reporting responsibilities
   - Premises and equipment responsibilities
6. Recruiting, inducting and maintaining the management group
7. Meeting procedures and decision-making
8. When things go wrong

Afterword: Success factors for management groups

Appendix 1: A quick test for your management group

Appendix 2: Community development principles

Useful Contacts

Index