Governance Programme Learning Assesment

The following online quiz is to be completed by programme participants before the training, between the workshops, and after to programme is finished.
25 questions total = each worth 1 point
Communicating =
Signing off =
Monitoring progress =
TOTAL = 33 questions

Research shows that the single most common challenge that is holding Māori organisations back is:

a) Lack of funding to execute the strategy

b) Politics (raruraru, lack of trust, undermining)

c) Incompetent managers

d) Lack of financial literacy

e) Limited networks (into business/community)

Whose role is it to create the annual plan?

a) The general manager/CEO

b) The Board/trustees

c) The Chairperson

d) All of the above

Whose role is it to prepare the budgets and financial statements for the Board?

a) The Board/trustees

b) The Chairperson

c) The general manager/CEO

d) The Trust secretary

Whose responsibility is it to recruit new operations team members if there is an approved budget and obvious link with the Trust’s strategy?

a) The Board/trustees

b) The Chairperson

c) The general manager/CEO

d) None of the above

Conflicts of interest are when a trustee:

a) Has a personal interest in a decision that is in conflict with the best interests of the Trust

b) Has whānau that have a personal interest in a decision which is in conflict with the best interests of the Trust

c) Doesn’t like an idea or person in the Trust and so actively undermines them

d) Both A or B

If a trustee knows they will be unavailable or late to a Board meeting, they should:

a) Inform the chairperson or secretary before the Board meeting (e.g. via email, txt, in person)

b) Not show up if they are going to be late

c) Let the Board know you could not make it after the meeting with a sincere apology

When you don’t understand something in a board meeting, you should:

a) Seek clarification from the person leading the discussion, e.g. “sorry, this topic is new to me, could you explain how X works”

b) Stay silent and switch off from the topic

c) Leave the Board meeting

d) Keep your frustration silent and vote against any decision on this matter

When you feel overly aggrieved or sour about something that one of your fellow trustees has said or done, you should:

a) Keep it in your head to avoid conflict and attempt to manage it yourself.

b) Ensure you are calm and then prepare to have a brave conversation

c) Have a direct conversation with that person when you are still frustrated without preparing

d) Bottle up how you are feeling, wait until you see your whānau and complain about the person to them

If a Trustee is elected by their whānau, marae or hapū, then they:

a) Should represent this group in all decisions that the Trust is making

b) Only vote on the decisions that impact the group that elected them

c) Actively lobby to ensure the opinions of this group are served

d) Should act in the best interests of the Trust overall, even if it does not favour the group that elected them