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Organisational Development: The four key aspects to keep in mind

1. What is Organisational Development? Organisational development (OD) is a planned effort to make an organisation more effective and sustainable by involving the people of the organisation in a change process which is based upon a strategic vision that evolves with society and focuses on the Mission of Scouting. Successful OD is based on an analysis of the organisations environment and an internal needs and strengths analysis that identifies the main challenges to be solved through a holistic OD process. The starting point is the development of a realistic vision for the future. Successful OD in Scouting is based on the principles of Scouting (Mission and Method) and organisational behaviours in a learning organisation

2. What is the OD model?

3. What are the OD Disciplines? Strategy Developing Vision & Strategy: As described in the Strategic Planning Kit (WOSM) Designing an effective organisation: Creating processes, roles & responsibilities, job specifications, performance indicators, quality measurements

Project management Governance and decision-making: Structures and processes to ensure the organisation successfully delivers on its mission and strategic plans Financial management and planning: Processes and tools to ensure finances are used efficiently to support the organisations mission and strategic plans Managing & controlling successful projects: Agreeing scope, creating work plans, measuring progress, reporting progress & status, risk management, closing the project successfully & learning for the next time Measuring and improving quality in Scouting

Change management Managing change in an organisation: Preparing people for changes in the organisation & setting it up so that the change will be successful Managing and supporting leaders of change (volunteer & paid): Applying the Adults in Scouting approach to senior volunteers and to paid staff Openness and learning in the organisation: How learning can occur across the entire organisation, how lessons learned by some can be shared with others, how we can bring about continuous improvements in our approach & how we can avoid repeating errors unnecessarily

Communication strategy and plan Preparing and implementing an effective communications strategy: What, Why, How, When and to Whom - Considering each of the stakeholders and the nature of the communication which would be effective and useful to them

4. How can your NSOs and NSAs get support in OD? The Organisational Development Core Group, tailored support: Consulting, workshops, etc. Contact the Regional Scout Bureau; europe@scout.org The library of documents: http://euroscoutinfo.com/core-services/organisationaldevelopment/organisational-development-libary/ Needs and strengths analysis, some examples

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