1. Understanding governance
This chapter will help you understand what governance is and why it’s important...
Governance is a bit like a jigsaw puzzle—there are lots of different pieces that make up the whole picture. We need to understand each of these pieces and how they fit together if we want to strengthen our governance. Strong governance helps our communities and organisations get their work done well.
This chapter contains the following topics:
- 1.1 What is governance?
- 1.2 The important parts of governance
- 1.3 Community governance
- 1.4 Corporate governance
- 1.5 Governance in Indigenous organisations
Also:
- Resource 1.1 What can we do?–Footy–playing the governance game
- Resource 1.2 Snapshot—Differences and similarities between community and corporate governance
- Resource 1.3 What can we do?—Encouraging women to be active members
- Resource 1.4 Different models of Indigenous governance
- Resource 1.5 What can we do?—Strengthening community governance
- Resource 1.6 What can we do?—Mapping community assets for governance
- Resource 1.7 Snapshot—Comparative table of incorporation legislation (ORIC)
- Resource 1.8 Snapshot—Incorporation legislation websites
- Resource 1.9 What can we do?—Organisational governance
- Resource 1.10 Tips—Top 15 healthy corporations tips
- Resource 1.11 Quiz
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