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Institutional
Assessments What
is an Institutional Assessment? |
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| Effectiveness: How well are the goals achieved? | ||
| Efficiency: How well are institutional and technical resources used to obtain the results desired? | ||
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Ongoing Relevance: does the organization meet expressed needs of customers, does it adapt their changed needs? | |
| Sustainability/Financial Viability: Incorporates attributes such as institutional autonomy, leadership, learning capacity, ability to recover from setbacks, and adapt to changes that ensure sustainability and self-reliance. | ||
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Framework
of an Institutional Assessment
The diagnosis conducted during an Institutional assessment examines the functioning of an organization in the following three dimensions. 1. Capacity (Structure and Operations) Institutional capacity includes the attributes that an organization possesses or controls, and the ability of an organization to use its resources to perform, including: |
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Basic
legal structure
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Strategic
leadership (structure, governance, leadership, strategic planning that
set the direction of the organization)
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Human
resources
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Other
core resources (financial and infrastructure capacity)
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Programming
(ability to carry out its institutional role)
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Process
management (process management examines the way the organization manages
its human and work related interactions)
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Inter-institutional
linkages (result from partnership and alliances): Ability of an organization
to manage its external relationships.
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2.
Internal Motivation
The internal motivation drives the members of an organization to perform, and includes: |
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Institutional
culture
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History
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Mission
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Values
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Incentive
System
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Relation to the External Environment
Characteristics and quality of the external context affect the performance of an organization. Organizations need to get support from their environment if they are to perform well. |
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Policy,
regulatory environment
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Economic,
political, socio-cultural, environmental and technological context
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This initial diagnostic process helps the organization to identify the key issues and together with the consultant, develop solutions to address shortcomings. How
is an Institutional Assessment implemented? |
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