Pilot Test Begins!

The Organizational Standards Initiative is pleased to announce that pilot testing of the online Organizational Self-Assessment Tool began this month. Over the next 5 months we will be working with 11 member agencies from across the province to fine-tune the tool. We will be getting feedback on the Tool’s usability, the content of the standards and indicators, the assessment report it generates, and the resources, tools and sample policies it links to. We will also be learning about the organizational change process that agencies embark upon – in gearing up for the self-assessment and in the follow-through afterwards.

Here’s a peek at a page of the Tool:

Based around the Organizational Standards developed through extensive consultation with the community-based immigrant and refugee serving sector, the online Organizational Self-Assessment Tool consists of 44 Standards, each with concrete and measurable indicator statements that users respond to. The Standards span topics that include A Community Based Approach, Governance and Strategic Leadership, Operations, including financial management, and Human Resources.

The Organizational Standards Initiative will be supporting the 11 Pilot Test agencies as they go through the process over the next few months, while working to expand and enhance the capacity development resources linked to the Tool.

We’re also searching for a great new name for the Tool, and your suggestions are very welcome! Contact Julie Chamberlain at jchamberlain@ocasi.org with your ideas.

Look for the launch of the online Organizational Self-Assessment Tool in Fall 2009.

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