Introduction to 'organisation'

This section looks at the various skills an organisation must master to keep on track.

Legal matters explains what the law says about setting up a charity while administration looks at the essential skills needed to keep a charity running once it's set up.

Strategic planning will help you define goals for your organisation and how to achieve them. Contracts and partnerships guides you through the pluses and minuses of working with other organisations or taking on contract work with, say, a local authority.

The information technology section will help you define what you need from an IT system and shows you how to develop a plan to get the most from your computers.