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Management Good Practice
Good practice, case studies, expert advice and tips for charity and voluntary sector managers, including human resources, employment law, pay & conditions, mergers & partnerships, CRB vetting and The Compact.
Management Problems Solved
Consider the values and the behaviour of job applicants
It is entirely appropriate for a person specification to state the values the organisation expects its employees to buy into, says Valerie Morton
Tribunal Report
- Tribunal Report: The pitfalls of holiday pay for casual charity workers
- Tribunal Report: Dismissals for misconduct must be carried out fairly
- Tribunal Report: The selection criteria that discriminate accidentally
- Tribunal Report: Rules for companions who attend grievance hearings
- Tribunal Report: Notice can vary - as can the time permitted for a claim
Charity mergers
Advice and commentary on charity mergers for chairs, trustees and senior managers.
HR Clinic
HR clinic: Staff training without the benefit of a training budget
John Burnell offers some suggestions on how to develop staff when money is tight
HR clinic: Risks and how to manage them
How do we deal with the safety concerns of staff working out of the office?
HR clinic: Interviews must be firm but fair
How do we conduct job interviews in a way that is both useful to us and fair to the candidates?
HR clinic: What to do when staff go AWOL
What should I do about a member of staff who I suspect is not always where he says he is?
HR clinic: Managing staff in the firing line
How should I deal with a staff member who seems great, but has been the subject of complaints from several clients?
Latest Management Book Reviews
Book review: Tell the Truth
Emma De Vita reviews the new book by Sue Unerman and Jonathan Salem Baskin
Charities and cuts
How charities are affected by funding cuts and the recession.
Lessons In Leadership With Debra Allcock-Tyler
Debra Allcock Tyler: Accentuate the positive
It's possible for charities to get locked into despondency, says our columnist, but they should get the tough times into perspective
- Debra Allcock Tyler: Think carefully about funder feedback
- Debra Allcock Tyler: Charities should be running services because they care for people, not profit
- Debra Allcock Tyler: The black swan warns us that no one can be prepared for the unpredictable
- Debra Allcock Tyler: Did playing Superman lead us astray?
Additional Information
Latest jobs Jobs web feed
- Development Officer Barking & Dagenham CVS £29,604, London
- Head of High Value Events Save the Children £38,000 - £43,000 + pension, Farringdon
- Director The Marr-Munning Trust £47,500 per annum FTE salary (£38,000 pro rata) plus pension contribution, London
- Membership Payments Officer Royal Pharmaceutical Society 25,000 pro rata, Based at the Society's HQ in London. The offices are in close proximity to Vauxhall and Waterloo.
- Head of Volunteering Development Save the Children £45,000-£50,000 + pension, Farringdon
- Fundraising Manager (Gloucestershire, Somerset & Dorset) The Air Ambulance Service £25,000-£30,000 p/a, plus benefits, Home Based, South West England to cover Gloucestershire, Somerset & Dorset
- Press Officer - Asia Pacific Amnesty International Secretariat £41,124 per annum, London
- Fundraising Director National Trust c. £80k + excellent benefits, Heelis, Swindon
- Appeals Director Downside Fisher Youth Club (The Downside Settlement) £37, 848 - £40,555 (Inclusive of London Weighting), Southwark, London
- Head of Organisation Development British Red Cross £52,500 pa (incl. LW), UK Office, Moorfields, London (likely)
Most read
- Volunteers can have single 'portable' criminal records check under new law
- Investment and Contract Readiness Fund opens for grant applications
- Nominet Trust seeks four charities for digital start-up programme
- Proposed accounting rules are contrary to charity law, conference told
- Removal of VAT relief on listed buildings is a 'tax on community initiative', Heritage Alliance says
- Petition backing Scope's role in Bromley clothing banks gains 1,000 names
Most commented
Events
Small Charities Marketing Summit
- Date: Fri 25 May 2012 - Fri 25 May 2012
- Venue: Manchester
Mutuals: Economic Growth Through Employee Ownership and Joint Ventures
- Date: Tue 29 May 2012 - Tue 29 May 2012
- Venue: Central London
Mission Critical: Crafting Your Communications Strategy Workshop
- Date: Wed 30 May 2012 - Wed 30 May 2012
- Venue: St Albans Centre, Leigh Place, Baldwins Gardens, Holborn, London, EC1N 7AB.
