How-to Guides - Governance & Management

Publications/Resources

The section lists selected publications and resources about best practice in governance and management of not-for-profit organisations.

• Nine alternative management structures for community organizations in some difficulty  (details)

  Basic introduction to a range of possible organisational structures for community organisations. Edited by Colin Gunn, Prepared by the Combined Resource and Funding Group and Supported by Richard ...
  Date updated: 7 October 2003

• Board development workbooks (details)

  Downloadable workbooks on developing job descriptions for board members, developing boards, developing policies and other topics.
  Date updated: 27 November 2005

• Six key competencies which lead to board excellence (details)

  Six page article that identifies competencies which lead to board excellence. Based on a five year study of 20 U.S. nonprofits and schools by Richard Chait, Thomas Holland and Barbara Taylor.
  Date updated: 4 December 2006

• Committees, roles and meetings (details)

  This section of SPARC's Club Kit provides an overview of who organisations will need to form a committee, their roles and how to run successful meetings.
  Date updated: 9 October 2007

• Effective governance of Māori organisations (details)

  Te Puni Kōkiri's website for effective governance education, designed to help trustees and directors of Māori organisations with their responsibilities and role as guardians and leaders.
  Date updated: 30 June 2008

• Good Governance Guides (details)

  Chartered Secretaries New Zealand has prepared a series of Good Governance Guides in the area of corporate governance with the intention being to "provide value to individuals as a starting point or ...
  Date updated: 19 November 2005

• Nation Building and Māori Development - The Importance of Governance (details)

  In this paper, Materoa Dodd of School of Māori and Pacific Development, University of Waikato, outlines the importance of good governance in developing effective structures for Māori ...
  Date updated: 30 June 2008

• Governance As Leadership - Reframing the Work of Nonprofit Boards  (details)

  This new book written by noted consultants and researchers attuned to the needs of practitioners, redefines nonprofit governance providing a powerful framework for a new covenant between trustees ...
  Date updated: 8 February 2005

• Indigenous Concepts of Governance (details)

  This paper by Robyn Kamira looks at indigenous models of governance and their relevance in contemporary settings, and in particular in relation to control of information by Māori in the health ...
  Date updated: 30 June 2008

• Managing Well resource catalogue (details)

  The Managing Well resource catalogue (online in the Community Centre section of this web site) includes references or links to manuals, websites, information sheets, books, and other documents, and a ...
  Date updated: 19 September 2008

• Nine Steps to Effective Governance (details)

  This practical SPARC governance resource covers a wide range of governance functions: defining the role of the board; induction; board meetings; planning; board and CEO evaluation; and succession ...
  Date updated: 10 November 2005

• Organisational Assessment Tool (details)

  This 9-part Nonprofit Organizational Assessment Tool can help guide a group discussion about an organization's operations. This group discussion ideally should include board members, staff, ...
  Date updated: 7 October 2003

• Simple Policy and Procedures Manual (details)

  Why you need them, with examples of policies and procedures.
  Date updated: 4 December 2006

• What Exactly Is the Board's Job? (details)

  This brief article from the US based CharityChanel (February 2002) outlines the difficulties in trying to apply 'standard' governance models to particular organisations, and the need adapt governance ...
  Date updated: 11 November 2004