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课程名称：非营利组织董事会在治理过程中的角色与责任 课程概述：本课程深入探讨非营利组织董事会在治理中的角色和责任。虽然课程内容主要基于北美文化，但我们希望课程内容同样能够为世界其他地区的参与者提供价值。 关键词：非营利；非营利部门；志愿部门；非营利组织；非政府组织；志愿组织；领导力；管理；治理；董事会；董事会成员；业绩；效果 课程结构： 第一周：探讨董事会在组织未来规划中的角色及其重要性，包括战略规划的定义及董事会如何有效实施战略规划。 第二周：关注董事会在组织绩效评估中的角色，探讨绩效评估的重要性以及许多董事会在履行这些职责时面临的挑战。 第三周：分析筹款和资源开发过程的要素，讨论董事会在确保组织资金充足方面的角色和责任，以及资源开发计划应包含哪些信息。 第四周：回顾课程内容，提交一份书面作业（称为“董事会效能准备评估”，简称BEAR），并参加两项多项选择的准备保证测试（简称RAT）。 第五周：在讨论论坛中讨论RAT，鼓励学生重新参加测试以根据交流结果修改答案。 具体课程内容： - **第一周**：专注于董事会的规划角色，讨论战略、战略规划及战略治理的概念。 - **第二周**：探讨绩效评估的重要性，董事会如何测量与管理绩效及常见障碍。 - **第三周**：重点讨论董事会在资源开发中的责任，探讨改进董事会在这一领域有效性的途径。 - **第四周**：进行学习评估，包括RAT测试和BEAR反思的提交。 - **第五周**：通过讨论和同行评审完成课程学习评估，并提供反馈和再次测试机会。 该课程旨在通过系统的学习和交流，提升非营利组织董事会的治理能力。
Name:The Board's Role in Planning
Description:Hello and welcome to Course 2 in the series of three courses on developing leadership and improving governance in nonprofit organizations. The goal of week 1 is to address several important questions related to one of the most important board responsibilities--planning: What is Strategic, What is Strategic Planning, and What is Strategic Governance? These elements form the basis of this week's overview and content in Chapter 3 of the main course text Improving the Effectiveness of Boards of Directors and readings in recommended course texts.
Name:The Board's Role in Performance Assessment
Description:Hello and welcome to Week 2 of the second course on Leadership and Governance of Nonprofit Organizations! The focus this week is on the vitally important partner of planning--Performance Assessment. Some of the key questions we will explore this week are: What is performance assessment and why is it important? What is the board's role in performance assessment? Why do boards have difficulty meeting their performance assessment responsibilities? And, what frameworks exist to help boards measure and manage performance?
Name:The Board's Role in Fundraising and Resource Development
Description:Hello and welcome to Week 3! The goal this week is to address important questions related to the board's role and responsibilities in fundraising or, as we will refer to it, resource development. Some of the key questions we will explore this week are: What is the board’s role in resource development and why do boards have difficulty meeting their responsibilities in this area? What information should be included in a resource development plan and how can boards improve their effectiveness in carrying out resource development responsibilities?
Name:Concept Testing and Application
Description:Hello and welcome to Week 4! The goal of this week is to assess course learning. The end of Course 2 assessment of learning begins with the requirement that you to take two Readiness Assurance Tests (RATs) and submit your first Board Effectiveness Assessment Reflection (BEAR). During the testing process, don't forget to bring a piece of paper and pen to make a note of your answers to the RAT and RAT Application Exercise questions. You will need them to vote and discuss your responses in the RAT forums next week.
Name:Assessment of Learning: BEAR Peer Review and RAT Discussion Forums
Description:Hello, and Welcome to Week 5! The goal of this week is to discuss and complete the end of Course 2 assessment of learning. It begins with peer discussion of the individual Readiness Assurance Test (RAT) and RAT Application Exercise (case) you took last week plus peer review of the three BEAR assignments you have been assigned to evaluate this week. It concludes with re-taking the RAT and RAT Application Exercise Tests and returning the three BEAR assignments you peer-reviewed last week.
This course provides a more in-depth look at the roles and responsibilities of boards of directors in the governance of nonprofit organizations. While the course has been developed with North American culture in mind, we do appreciate that in other parts of the world, the nature of the roles and responsibilities of boards of directors may not be the same. Nevertheless,it is our hope that much of the course content will still be of value to those in other parts of the world. To learn more about this course, please watch the overview video by copying and pasting the following link into your web browser: https://goo.gl/SXZEZS. Keywords: Nonprofit; Nonprofit Sector; Voluntary Sector; Nonprofit Organizations, Non-Governmental Organizations, Volunteer Organizations, Leadership, Management, Governance, Board, Board of Directors, Performance, Effectiveness Course 2 Overview: Week 1: Some of the questions to be explored this week are: What is the board's role in planning for the organization's future and why is it important for nonprofit organizations to do it? What is strategic planning and what can boards do to carry this out effectively? Week 2: This week's questions: What is the board's role in assessing the performance of the organization? Why is performance assessment important? Why do many boards have difficulty meeting their performance assessment responsibilities? Week 3: This week's questions: What are the elements of the fundraising/resource development process? What is the board's role in ensuring the organization has adequate funding? What information should be in a resource development plan? Week 4: At this stage, you are asked to review the course content, submit a written assignment (known lightheartedly as a BEAR (Board Effectiveness Readiness Assessment), and take two multiple choice Readiness Assurance Tests (known similarly as RATs). One RAT will assess knowledge and reading comprehension and the other will test application of knowledge within a practical case. Week 5: We will encourage you to discuss the RATs in the discussion forums and take them again should you wish to change any of your answers based on the information exchanged.
