Institutional Development and Organisational Strengthening
Continuous improvement: a must for professional development organisations.
This is most effective when based on a sound and systematic organisation assessment in its context. The IDOS provides a toolkit for scanning and analysing organisational capacity, and for designing prioritised strategies for capacity development. 
Participants
You are a manager, adviser or consultant who is responsible for, or involved with, the process of mapping, analysing and building the capacity of your (partner) organisation(s).
Course objectives
At the end of this course you will:
• have gained insight in the subsequent steps and logic of a systematic capacity development process
• have acquired tools to analyse organisations and the institutional context in which they operate
• be able to analyse and assess the performance of an organisation in a systematic way
• have learned how to identify and decide on strategies for improving the organisational capacity
• understand the essential conditions for successful change in the organisation and the implications for individuals working in the organisation.
Tango for Organisations, an MDF Publication, version 2, 2008
The course fee includes a new updated toolkit: 'Tango for Organisations' (CD-ROM). Some of the tools are demonstrated during the course. The toolkit on a CD-ROM explains in detail when and how to use about 40 tools for Institutional Development and Organisational Strengthening, illustrated with real life examples.
Course outline
| Week 1 | • Framework of ID/OS: definitions, concepts, process • Analytical framework: the Integrated Organisation Model • Focus and purpose of the capacity assessment: Basic Question and Quick Scan • Tools for Institutional analysis: Environmental Scan, Stakeholders Analysis • Organisation analysis: Strategy, Structure, Systems, Staff, Management style |
| Week 2 | • SWOT analysis • Strategic Orientation and planning for change • Real Life Case: visit and data collection • Real Life Case: assessment and presentation • Organisational change |


