Mandates

							                      Jenny Erickson
WHAT DO   2009 Strategic Planning 101
WE HAVE
 TO DO?
• Formal requirements
that are codified in laws,
statutes, charters etc.
or
• Informal expectations
from stakeholders or
through cultural norms
•Affects the organization’s
actions and resources.
•Organizations may assume
they are more constrained
then they actually are.
•Some mandates can become
over emphasized.
Step 1. (Have someone) compile the
organization’s formal and informal mandates
   - Formal:   Review by-laws, charters, statutes
    etc.

  - Informal: ???
      Step 2: Review the mandates to clarify what is
      required, forbidden, and allowed.
Bryson’s Worksheet 7

Mandate Source         Key          Effects on     Evaluation Criteria
        (charter,      Requirements Organization
        policy etc)
                                                   □Funded
                                                   □Still Appropriate
                                                   □Out of date
                                                   □Conflicts with others
                                                   □Funded
                                                   □Still Appropriate
                                                   □Out of date
                                                   □Conflicts with others
Step 3: Remind the
organization’s
members what it is
required to do.
     get hung up on
• Don’t
mandates.

• Consider the mandates
of partner organizations in
a coalition.
1.) What mandates can we change?
2.) How do our mandates impact the future
direction of the organization?
3.) What programs are not affected by
mandates?
4.) Is our mission consistent with our mandates?
Work in pairs to develop a list of the
potential formal and informal
mandates for the Community Health
by Design Council.