In many schools, financial systems do not work well and the following problems are experienced: Schools do not know whether the income they have received to date is above or below what has been budgeted for. Schools do not know … Continue reading Effective school financial tracking for SMTs and SGBs
Effective budgeting and financial systems are essential for schools. Accurate budgets for income and expenditure need to established based on actual and projected costs. Effective systems then need to be in place to ensure that actual income and expenses align … Continue reading The School Finance Tracker
Outlined below are 8 principles that you can use to guide in you in developing effective reports: Purpose: The purpose of the report and the key issues and questions it addresses are set out concisely. Methodology: The methodology followed in … Continue reading Eight principles of effective reports
Effective reports have many benefits that can be used to justify the time and cost these take to develop. Some of these benefits are outlined below. Data is gathered and analysed to provide clear findings which can be used for … Continue reading Five benefits of effective reports
If roles and responsibilities at meetings are not clear a lot of time may be wasted. Where there is designated chairperson, minute-taker and identified people to present on particular subjects, meetings are likely to lack structure, minutes and take place … Continue reading Roles and responsibilities at meetings
Many meetings waste time as there has been insufficient preparation. This can lead to busy participants refusing invitations to meetings in future and make it more difficult to achieve agreements and maintain progress on projects. To avoid this, good preparation … Continue reading Seven key things that you need to do to prepare for meetings
Effective meetings achieve their objectives. Participants leave with a sense of achievement and know what will happen next as a result of the meeting. Characteristics of effective meetings are outlined below. The objectives of the meeting are clear. An agenda … Continue reading What is an effective meeting?
About this course This course is on how meetings can be effective. It shows how you can plan, manage and follow up on meetings to ensure that they achieve their objectives. We use meetings to share information and discuss and … Continue reading EME01 Effective Meetings
This course is about developing effective reports. It shows how to develop a brief, gather and analyse data, and write this up into a well structured easy-to-understand report. We use reports to present and analyse information to enable us to … Continue reading ERE01 Effective Reports
About this course This course is about how to manage projects effectively. It shows how you can plan, manage and close out projects in a way that ensures they achieve their objectives. Projects are undertaken as a way of achieving … Continue reading EPM01 Effective Project Management