SUMMARY OF TOPICS

TOPIC ONE

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Community Based Organizations (CBO’S)
1.2 Historical Background of Community Based Organization
1.3 Characteristics of Community Based Organizations
1.4 Importance / Benefits of C.B.O’s…

TOPIC TWO

2.0 ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE

2.1 Meaning of organization in the context of Organization structure
2.2 Types of Community Based Organizations
2.3 Organizational structure
2.4 Theories of organization
(a) Pre-bureaucratic structures
(b) Bureaucratic structures
(a) Post-bureaucratic
2.5 Types of Organization structure
(c) Functional structure
(d) Divisional structure
(e) Matrix structure
2.6 Importance of organizational structures:
2.7 Policy in Community Based Organization

TOPIC THREE

3.0 CLASSIFICATION OF ORGANIZATIONS

3.1 Types of classification of organizations

TOPIC FOUR

4.0 ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS

4.1 Meaning of Organizational Goals
4.2 Importance of Organizational Goals
4.3 Characteristics of Effective Goals
4.4 Types of Goals
4.5 Factors that affect the Formulation of Goals
4.6 Barriers of Effective Goals Planning / Formulations

TOPIC FIVE

5.0 ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE

5.1 Meaning of organizational culture
5.2 Types of Culture
5.3 Factors affecting organizational culture:
5.4 Importance of Organizational Culture
(a) It provides an identity to an organization and its members.
5.5 Impact of organizational culture

TOPIC SIX

6.0 CHANGE IN ORGANIZATION

6.1 Meaning of change
6.2 Forces of change in an organization
6.3 Factors to consider in choosing which technique or innovations to adopt
6.4 Process of Change Management
6.5 Techniques of Managing Change in an Organization
6.6 Factors that influence change in an organization
6.7 Causes of Resistance to Change in an Organization

TOPIC SEVEN

7.0 LEADERSHIP IN COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION

7.1 Meaning of Leadership
7.2 Traits of Successful leadership
7.3 Role of leadership in community based organization
7.4 Enhancing Leadership in community Based Organization
7.5 Impact of leadership in an organization

TOPIC EIGHT

8.0 MOTIVATION IN ORGANIZATIONS

8.1 Meaning of motivation
8.2 Theories of Motivation
8.3 Importance of Motivation in Community Based organization
8.4 Designing motivation package
8.5 Challenges of Motivation on Community Based Organization

TOPIC NINE

9.0 MANAGEMENT OF COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS

9.1 The meaning of Management
9.2 Theories of Management
9.3 Characteristics of management
9.4 Levels of Management
9.4 Management Functions
9.5 Principles of Management
9.6 Strategic Planning

TOPIC TEN

10.0 ORGANIZING FUNCTION

10.1 Meaning of Organizing
10.2 The Basis of organizing community activities
10.3 Factors influencing the Basis of Organizing
10.4 Importance of Organizing Development Activities in Community
10.5 Challenges of Organizing Development Activities in Society;

TOPIC ELEVEN

11.0 CAPACITY BUILDING IN COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS

11.1 Meaning of capacity building
11.2 Importance of Capacity Building
11.3 Types of organizational capacity building
11.4 Planning Process in Capacity Building
11.5 Impact of Capacity Building in Community Based Organizations.

TOPIC TWELVE

12. CONFLICT IN COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS

12.1 Nature of Conflict Management
12.3 Sources of Conflict in Community Based Organizations
12.4 Managing conflicts in Community Based Organizations
12.5 Managing Conflict in the Workplace
12.6 The process of managing conflict in the workplace
12.7 Consequences of conflict in a community based organizations
12.8 Types of Conflicts

TOPIC THIRTEEN

13.0 POWER AND POLITICS IN COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS

13.1 Nature of power and politics
13.2 Types of Power
13.3 Political tactics in a community based organization
13.4 Levels of power
13.5 Legitimizing the use of power

TOPIC FOURTEEN

14.0 EMERGING TRENDS IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS

14.1 Emerging Trends in Community Based Organizations
(a) Trends in technology:
(b) Training trends
(c) Trends in community members
(d) Resource Mobilization in Community Based Organization