E-guide On Participatory Audit

From Plan to Action

  1. Module 03
  2. Essential concepts of collaboration
  3. Rapid Results Approach Tools

Rapid Results Approach Tools

Building coalitions for public participation in the audit process—implementation checklist

TOOL 3: COMMUNICATIONS GRID

Who Needs to Know

Leader or convening authority

What They Need to Know

  • Do you understand the assignment?
  • Have you started?
  • Are you on track with schedule, goals, budget?
  • Are issues arising that might affect other parts of the organization, policies, or resources needed?
  • How will I be kept informed?
  • Are unanticipated consequences coming up?
  • Will I look good (or bad) because of this effort?
  • Will it be successful? When?

Subordinates and employees

What They Need to Know

  • What is going on?
  • How will it affect me? My job? My security? My pay? My future?
  • Will I have to do something? What? When?
  • Can I help in some way? How? When?
  • Will I have to learn something? Do something different? What? When? How? Why?
  • Will I be consulted? When? How?

Peer groups and functions

What They Need to Know

  • What is going on? Why?
  • How will it affect me? My function? My future?
  • Will I have to do something? What? When?
  • Can I help in some way? How? When?
  • Will I have to learn something? Do something different? What? When? How?
  • Will I be consulted? When? How?

Customers, suppliers, distributors, partners, other outside entities

What They Need to Know

  • What is going on?
  • How will it affect me? My business? My future?
  • Will I have to do something? What? When?
  • Can I help in some way? How? When?
  • Will I have to learn something? Do something different? What? When? How?
  • Will I be consulted? When? How?

Staff specialists: quality, financial control or audit, human resources, planning, information technology, technical support, others

What They Need to Know

  • What is going on?
  • Have you considered issues in my area or specialty?
  • Have you called on me early enough?
  • Will I have to do something? What? When?
  • Can I help in some way? How? When?
  • Will I have to learn something? Do something different? What? When? How?
  • Will I be consulted?
  • Will I be held responsible for errors or omissions you might make? When? How?
  • What action will I take?

Regulators and government agencies

What They Need to Know

  • What is going on?
  • How you considered regulatory and legal issues adequately?
  • Have you called on us early enough?
  • Will we have to do something? What? When?
  • Will we have to learn something? Do something different? What? When? How?
  • Will we be held responsible for errors or omissions you make? When? How? What action will we take?

 

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