Activity 4.5 Your organisational reporting mechanism

Drawing on all your learning so far, study the example table below, which has four columns, and complete it for your organisation. You may want to discuss the details further with other people in your organisation.

Column 1 – is a list of the criteria for an effective organisational reporting mechanism.

Column 2 – is the reasons behind those criteria.

Column 3 – has been left blank for you to complete on behalf of your organisation. If the criteria are ‘Met’, shade the box green; if they’re only ‘Partially met’, shade the box orange or amber; and if they’re ‘Not met’, shade the box in red. Or use different symbols: ‘–’ or ‘x’.

Column 4 – make a note of the various areas in organisational policy, procedure or practice which can be improved.

When you have completed the table, reflect on the exercise and consider these questions:

What did you learn?

What key improvements will you take forward in your organisation?

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Here is a downloadable version of this table.