Volunteer Risk Management Tutorial
Week 5 - Learning Activity
Volunteer Risk Management Tutorial
Go to the Pitney (2013) article in Week 5 Required Resources. This information will enhance your understanding of the risks associated with volunteerism. After you have completed the reading,
· Consider how these will influence your upcoming or existing work in volunteer management, and write a short reflective journal entry describing your thinking on this.
· How has this new information changed how you might manage the risks associated with volunteerism?
· What open questions do you still have in this regard?
Resources
Required References
Connors, T. D. (2011). Wiley nonprofit law, finance and management series: volunteer management handbook: leadership strategies for success (2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN-13: 9780470604533. Chapter 14: Risk Management in Volunteer Involvement
Pitney, N. (2013). Safeguarding volunteers with effective risk management. Retrieved from https://nonprofitquarterly.org/safeguarding-volunteers-with-effective-risk-management/ (Links to an external site.)
United States Department of Labor. (n.d.). Fair Labor Standards Act Advisor. Retrieved from http://webapps.dol.gov/elaws/whd/flsa/docs/volunteers.asp (Links to an external site.)
Volunteer Protection Act of 1997, 42 U.S.C. § 14501 (1997, May 19). Retrieved from https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CRPT-105hrpt101/pdf/CRPT-105hrpt101-pt1.pdf (Links to an external site.)
Recommended References
Connors, T. D. (2012). The volunteer management handbook (2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. Chapter 13: Volunteer Performance Management: The Impact Wheel
Groble, P., & Brudney, J. L. (2015). When good intentions go wrong: Immunity under the volunteer protection act. Nonprofit Policy Forum 6(1), 3-24. doi:10.1515/npf-2014-0001
Kolar, D., Skilton, S., & Judge, L. W. (2016). Human resource management with a volunteer workforce. Journal of Facility Planning, Design, and Management, 4(1), 5-12. doi:10.18666/JFPDM-2016-V4-I1-7300
Mind Tools. (n.d.). SWOT analysis: Discover new opportunities, manage and eliminate threats [Web page]. Retrieved from http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMC_05.htm