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Today we still dealing with growing teams and looking at how we can set policies to make sure that we build sustainable programs and projects with Shamiso Chakawata
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There is a difference between a policy and procedures. Policies give general overviews whereas procedures deal with the detail on a day to day. It’s important to have a clear line between
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Policies are not punitive.
We need to revise our policies so that they can help your workers / volunteers
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Employing or taking on a volunteer it’s key that you make sure that there are policies around it. Projects at time go sideways as friends and relationships join the program and there is no clear guide about working together
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When setting policies and procedures just don’t download something from the internet and use that as policy. You need to research and then adapt the information to your organization
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This turned out to be an interesting class on working and building HR Policies in our community based organization...
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